Ontogeny of a Social Custom in Wild Chimpanzees: Age Changes in Grooming Hand-Clasp at Mahale

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 186-196

  Nakamura, Michio ^a   Nishida, Toshisada ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN MONKEY CENTRE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chimpanzee; Culture; Grooming hand clasp; Learning process; Social custom

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; HOMINID; ONTOGENY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WILD POPULATION;

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; GROOMING; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TANZANIA;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CULTURE; FEMALE; GROOMING; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TANZANIA;

PAN;

EID: 84871381586     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22098     Document Type: Article

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