Animal Communication: Laughter Is the Shortest Distance between Two Apes

Current Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 13, 2009, Pages

  Leavens, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; EVOLUTION; HOMINID; HUMAN; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT SURVEY; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; LAUGHTER; PHYLOGENY; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; HOMINIDAE;

EID: 67649844046     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.05.007     Document Type: Short Survey

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