A group-specific arbitrary tradition in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

Animal Cognition

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1421-1425

  van Leeuwen, Edwin J C ^a   Cronin, Katherine A ^a   Haun, Daniel B M ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arbitrary tradition; Chimfunshi Wildlife Orphanage Trust; Chimpanzees; Fads; Social learning

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES;

ANIMAL; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL LEARNING; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CULTURE; FEMALE; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL LEARNING;

EID: 84919433913     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: 14359456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-014-0766-8     Document Type: Article

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