Are there geniuses among the apes?

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 367, Issue 1603, 2012, Pages 2753-2761

  Herrmann, Esther ^a   Call, Josep ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Animal cognition; Apes; G factor; Individual differences; Temperament

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; CONSPECIFIC; DATA SET; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; PRIMATE; TOOL USE;

EID: 84865406460     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2012.0191     Document Type: Article

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