The ontogenetic ritualization of bonobo gestures

Animal Cognition

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 653-666

  Halina, Marta ^a   Rossano, Federico ^b   Tomasello, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bonobo; Communication; Gesture; Great ape; Ontogenetic ritualization; Pan paniscus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PAN PANISCUS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; FEMALE; MALE; MOTHERS; PAN PANISCUS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

HOMINIDAE; PAN PANISCUS;

EID: 84879223659     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-013-0601-7     Document Type: Article

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