The social behavior of chimpanzees and bonobos: Empirical evidence and shifting assumptions

Current Anthropology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 399-420

  Stanford, Craig B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1086/204757     Document Type: Article

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