Reconstructing the Evolution of Laughter in Great Apes and Humans

Current Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 1106-1111

  Davila Ross, Marina ^a,b   J Owren, Michael ^c   Zimmermann, Elke ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; HOMINID; HUMAN; INFANT; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PHYLOGENY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; INFANT; LAUGHTER; PHYLOGENY; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

HOMINIDAE; PAN; PONGO PYGMAEUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 67649873119     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.05.028     Document Type: Article

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