Social influences on ant-dipping acquisition in the wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) of Bossou, Guinea, West Africa

Animal Cognition

Volumn 12, Issue 1 SUPPL, 2009, Pages

  Humle, Tatyana ^a   Snowdon, Charles T ^b   Matsuzawa, Tetsuro ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Ant dipping; Chimpanzee; Culture; Development; Learning; Sex difference; Tool use

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PAN TROGLODYTES VERUS;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GUINEA; LEARNING; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PAN TROGLODYTES; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TOOL USE; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GUINEA; LEARNING; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PAN TROGLODYTES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TOOL USE BEHAVIOR;

EID: 70349772615     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-009-0272-6     Document Type: Article

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