Majority-biased transmission in chimpanzees and human children, but not orangutans

Current Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 727-731

  Haun, Daniel B M ^a,b,c   Rekers, Yvonne ^a   Tomasello, Michael ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMAN; MONTE CARLO METHOD; ORANG UTAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ANIMALS; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULTURAL EVOLUTION; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PAN TROGLODYTES; PONGO;

PAN; PONGO PYGMAEUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 84860284069     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.03.006     Document Type: Article

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