Death among geladas (Theropithecus gelada): A broader perspective on mummified infants and primate thanatology

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 405-409

  Fashing, Peter J ^a   Nguyen, Nga ^a   Barry, Tyler S ^b   Goodale, C Barret ^c   Burke, Ryan J ^d   Jones, Sorrel C Z ^d   Kerby, Jeffrey T ^e   Lee, Laura M ^a   Nurmi, Niina O ^f   Venkataraman, Vivek V ^g  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c Guassa Gelada Research Project ^*  (United States)

^d Guassa Gelada Research Project   (Ethiopia)

^e PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^g Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

Author keywords

Chimpanzee; Death; Dying; Gelada; Mummy; Thanatology

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; HOMINID; INFANT MORTALITY; PERCEPTION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; DEATH; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THEROPITHECUS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CLIMATE; DEATH; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THANATOLOGY; THEROPITHECUS;

MAMMALIA; PAN; PRIMATES; THEROPITHECUS GELADA;

EID: 79952843991     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20902     Document Type: Article

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