The meanings of chimpanzee gestures

Current Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 1596-1600

  Hobaiter, Catherine ^a   Byrne, Richard W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; HOMINIDAE; PAN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; GESTURE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; GESTURES; PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 84904974733     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.05.066     Document Type: Article

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