Reply to Thornton & McAuliffe (2012)

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Rapaport, Lisa G ^a   Byrne, Richard W ^b  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evolution of mind; Functional definition; Social learning; Teaching; Tool use

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TEACHING; TOOL USE;

EID: 84865367518     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.06.013     Document Type: Article

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