Ape and human cognition: What's the difference?

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-8

  Tomasello, Michael ^a   Herrmann, Esther ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apes; Cognition; Cooperation; Culture; Evolution

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953339462     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963721409359300     Document Type: Article

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