Bonobos and chimpanzees exploit helpful but not prohibitive gestures

Behaviour

Volumn 152, Issue 3-4, 2015, Pages 493-520

  MacLean, Evan L ^a   Hare, Brian ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bonobo; chimpanzee; cognition; competition; cooperation

Indexed keywords

PAN; PAN PANISCUS;

EID: 84923901237     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1568539X-00003203     Document Type: Article

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