Of bonds and boundaries: What is the modern role of anthropomorphism in primatological studies?

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 238-244

  Asquith, Pamela J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anthropomorphism; Fieldwork; Homoplasy; Ordinary language; Primate culture

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; FIELD METHOD; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; LANGUAGE; PRIMATE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EMOTION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; METHODOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; OBJECT RELATION; PERSONNEL; PRIMATE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; WILD ANIMAL; ZOOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CULTURE; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PRIMATES; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; ZOOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 79251515129     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20832     Document Type: Article

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