Is primate tool use special? Chimpanzee and new caledonian crow compared

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 368, Issue 1630, 2013, Pages

  McGrew, W C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corvidae; Elementary technology; Extractive foraging; Hominoidea; Material culture

Indexed keywords

BIRD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PRIMATE; TOOL USE;

NEW CALEDONIA [MELANESIA];

CORVIDA; CORVIDAE; CORVUS MONEDULOIDES; HOMINOIDEA; PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PRIMATES;

ANIMAL; APE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORVIDAE; CROW; ELEMENTARY TECHNOLOGY; EXTRACTIVE FORAGING; MATERIAL CULTURE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; TOOL USE;

CORVIDAE; ELEMENTARY TECHNOLOGY; EXTRACTIVE FORAGING; HOMINOIDEA; MATERIAL CULTURE;

ANIMALS; CROWS; PAN TROGLODYTES; TOOL USE BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84885198621     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2012.0422     Document Type: Review

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