No evidence of short-term exchange of meat for sex among chimpanzees

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 44-53

  Gilby, Ian C ^a   Emery Thompson, M ^b   Ruane, Jonathan D ^c   Wrangham, Richard ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological markets; Food sharing; Hunting; Mate provisioning; Meat eating; Reciprocity; Tolerated theft

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; HUNTING; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MATING BEHAVIOR; MEAT; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; THEORETICAL STUDY;

GOMBE NATIONAL PARK; KIBALE NATIONAL PARK; KIGOMA [TANZANIA]; TANZANIA; UGANDA; WESTERN PROVINCE [UGANDA];

PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 77954212781     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2010.02.006     Document Type: Article

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