Did tool-use evolve with enhanced physical cognitive abilities?

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 368, Issue 1630, 2013, Pages

  Teschke, I ^a   Wascher, C A F ^b   Scriba, M F ^a,c   von Bayern, A M P ^a,d   Huml, V ^a   Siemers, B ^a   Tebbich, S ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comparative cognition; Corvids; Darwin's finches; Tool use

Indexed keywords

BIRD; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TOOL USE;

NEW CALEDONIA [MELANESIA];

CACTOSPIZA PALLIDA; CORVIDA; CORVIDAE; FRINGILLIDAE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORVIDS; CROW; DARWIN'S FINCHES; DECISION MAKING; ECUADOR; FINCH; NEW CALEDONIA; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TOOL USE; TOOL-USE;

COMPARATIVE COGNITION; CORVIDS; DARWIN'S FINCHES; TOOL-USE;

ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CROWS; ECUADOR; FINCHES; LOGISTIC MODELS; NEW CALEDONIA; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TOOL USE BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84885233442     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2012.0418     Document Type: Article

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