The Evolution of Canine Cognition

The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Evolutionary Psychology

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Miklósi, Ádám ^a   Topál, József ^b  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLOGY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Apes; Behavioral convergence; Caninization; Comparative ethology; Dogs; Social competence; Wolves

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891932861     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199738182.013.0011     Document Type: Chapter

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