Handedness for tool use in captive chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes): sex differences, performance, heritability and comparison to the wild

Behaviour

Volumn 146, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1463-1483

  Hopkins, W D ^a,b   Russell, J L ^a   Schaeffer, J A ^a   Gardner, M ^c   Schapiro, S J ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

CHIMPANZEE; HANDEDNESS; PAN TROGLODYTES; SEX DIFFERENCES; TOOL USE

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952876968     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853909X441005     Document Type: Article

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