Grooming and group cohesion in primates: Implications for the evolution of language

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 61-68

  Grueter, Cyril C ^a,b   Bissonnette, Annie ^b,c   Isler, Karin ^b   van Schaik, Carel P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Research Group Social Evolution in Primates ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Evolution of language; Group cohesion; Hygiene; Social grooming; Terrestriality

Indexed keywords

PRIMATES;

EID: 84871731221     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2012.09.004     Document Type: Article

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