Does geography or ecology best explain 'cultural' variation among chimpanzee communities?

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 256-260

  Kamilar, Jason M ^a,b,c   Marshack, Joshua L ^d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Biogeography; Evolution; Pan troglodytes; Social transmission; Tool use

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL COMMUNITY; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; DISPERSAL; GENE FLOW; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; MACROECOLOGY; PRIMATE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TOOL USE;

PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 84856534844     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2011.11.008     Document Type: Article

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