Principles and levels of laterality in unimanual and bimanual stone handling patterns by Japanese macaques

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 155-165

  Leca, Jean Baptiste ^a   Gunst, Noëlle ^a   Huffman, Michael A ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Handedness; Macaca fuscata; Manual preference; Object manipulation; Role differentiated actions; Stone tool use

Indexed keywords

HANDEDNESS; HUMAN EVOLUTION; PRIMATE; TOOL USE;

MACACA; MACACA FUSCATA; PRIMATES;

EID: 74549162401     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2009.09.005     Document Type: Article

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