Neighbouring chimpanzee communities show different preferences in social grooming behaviour

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1746, 2012, Pages 4362-4367

  van Leeuwen, Edwin J C ^a   Cronin, Katherine A ^a   Haun, Daniel B M ^a,b,c   Mundry, Roger ^b   Bodamer, Mark D ^d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^d GONZAGA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chimfunshi Wildlife Orphanage Trust; Grooming handclasp; Group differences; Pan troglodytes; Social culture; Traditions

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; GROOMING; HOMINID; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 84866872275     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.1543     Document Type: Article

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