Ontogeny and cultural propagation of tool use by wild chimpanzees at Bossou, Guinea: Case studies in nut cracking and leaf folding

Cognitive Development in Chimpanzees

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 476-508

  Biro, Dora ^a   Sousa, Cláudia ^b   Matsuzawa, Tetsuro ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 84920067636     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/4-431-30248-4_28     Document Type: Chapter

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