Chimpanzees coordinate in a negotiation game

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 381-392

  Melis, Alicia P ^a,b   Hare, Brian ^b   Tomasello, Michael ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chimpanzees; Cooperation; Coordination; Food; Negotiation

Indexed keywords

PAN; PRIMATES;

EID: 70349781676     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2009.05.003     Document Type: Article

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