Left-hand Preference for a Complex Manual Task in a Population of Wild Siamangs (Symphalangus syndactylus)

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 793-800

  Morino, Luca ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex task; Hylobatid; Laterality; Postural origins theory; Symphalangus syndactylus

Indexed keywords

ARBOREAL SPECIES; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DATA SET; DRINKING WATER; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LANGUAGE; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; PRIMATE; SPECIALIZATION; WILD POPULATION;

HYLOBATIDAE; PRIMATES; SYMPHALANGUS SYNDACTYLUS;

EID: 79955538255     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-011-9501-3     Document Type: Article

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