Sex differences in chimpanzees' use of sticks as play objects resemble those of children

Current Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 24, 2010, Pages

  Kahlenberg, Sonya M ^a   Wrangham, Richard W ^b  

^a BATES COLLEGE   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PRIMATES;

EID: 78650456979     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2010.11.024     Document Type: Letter

References (10)

1. J.M. Hassett, E.R. Siebert, and K. Wallen Sex differences in rhesus monkey toy preferences parallel those of children Hormones Behav. 54 2008 359 364
2. A.D. Pellegrini, and P.K. Smith The Nature of Play: Great Apes and Humans 2005 Guilford Press New York
3. V.L. Pasterski, M.E. Geffner, C. Brain, P. Hindmarsh, C. Brook, and M. Hines Prenatal hormones and postnatal socialization by parents as determinants of male-typical toy play in girls with congenital adrenal hyperplasia Child Dev. 76 2005 264 278
4. A. Whiten, J. Goodall, W.C. McGrew, N. Toshisada, V. Reynolds, Y. Sugiyama, C.E.G. Tutin, R.W. Wrangham, and C. Boesch Chimpanzee cultures Nature 399 1999 682 685
5. Humle, T. (in press). The tool use repertoire of Bossou chimpanzees. In The Chimpanzees of Bossou and Nimba, T. Matsuzawa, T. Humle and Y. Sugiyama, eds. (Tokyo: Springer-Verlag).
6. C. Boesch, and H. Boesch Tool use and tool making in wild chimpanzees Folia Primatologica 54 1990 86 99
7. R.W. Wrangham, and D. Peterson Demonic Males: Apes and the Origins of Human Violence 1996 Houghton Mifflin Boston
8. T. Matsuzawa The death of an infant chimpanzee at Bossou, Guinea Pan Africa News 4 1997 4 6
9. E.V. Lonsdorf, L.E. Eberly, and A.E. Pusey Sex differences in learning in chimpanzees Nature 428 2004 715 716
10. I. Opie, and P. Opie Children's Games in Street and Playground 1969 Oxford University Press Oxford