Tool-composite reuse in wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes): Archaeologically invisible steps in the technological evolution of early hominins?

Animal Cognition

Volumn 12, Issue 1 SUPPL, 2009, Pages

  Carvalho, Susana ^a   Biro, Dora ^b   McGrew, William C ^a   Matsuzawa, Tetsuro ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chimpanzee; Etho archaeology; Stone tool use; Technological evolution; Tool composites

Indexed keywords

PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES;

ANIMAL; ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HOMINID; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PAN TROGLODYTES; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TOOL USE; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ARCHAEOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PAN TROGLODYTES; TOOL USE BEHAVIOR;

EID: 70349776894     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-009-0271-7     Document Type: Article

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