Repeated innovation in great apes

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 195-202

  Manrique, Héctor Marín ^a   Völter, Christoph J ^a,b   Call, Josep ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive flexibility; Great ape; Inhibitory control; Innovation; Primates; Prior knowledge; Problem solving; Puzzle box

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; COGNITION; INHIBITION; PRIMATE;

HOMINIDAE; PONGO PYGMAEUS; PONGO PYGMAEUS ABELII; PRIMATES;

EID: 84872295623     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.10.026     Document Type: Article

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