Spontaneous use of tools as straws in great apes

Animal Cognition

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 213-226

  Manrique, Héctor Marín ^a   Call, Josep ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Innovation; Problem solving; Tool making; Tool properties

Indexed keywords

HOMINIDAE; PAN; PONGO PYGMAEUS;

EID: 79951768695     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-010-0355-4     Document Type: Article

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