Ecology and cognition of tool use in chimpanzees

Tool Use in Animals Cognition and Ecology

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 21-47

  Boesch, Christophe ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511894800.003     Document Type: Chapter

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