Bridging the bonding gap: The transition from primates to humans

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 367, Issue 1597, 2012, Pages 1837-1846

  Dunbar, R I M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Laughter; Primates; Social bonding; Social complexity; Social network

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COMPLEXITY; FACILITATION; GROOMING; PRIMATE; SOCIAL NETWORK;

MAMMALIA; PAN; PRIMATES;

EID: 84861536391     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2011.0217     Document Type: Review

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