Stone tool production and utilization by bonobo-chimpanzees (Pan paniscus)

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 36, 2012, Pages 14500-14503

  Roffman, Itai ^a   Savage Rumbaugh, Sue ^b   Rubert Pugh, Elizabeth ^b   Ronen, Avraham ^a   Nevo, Eviatar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b Great Ape Trust/Bonobo Hope Sanctuary   (United States)

Author keywords

Bonobo survival strategy; Bonobo targeted tool use; Food acquisition; Hominin; Stone tool wear pattern

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FOOD; MATERIALS; NONHUMAN; PAN PANISCUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STONE TOOL; STONE TOOL USE; SURVIVAL; TOOL USE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; OBSERVATION; PAN PANISCUS; TOOL USE BEHAVIOR;

PAN; PAN PANISCUS;

EID: 84865975220     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1212855109     Document Type: Article

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