Chimpanzees plan their tool use

Tool Use in Animals Cognition and Ecology

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 48-64

  Byrne, Richard W ^a   Sanz, Crickette M ^b   Morgan, David B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Lincoln Park Zoo   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511894800.004     Document Type: Chapter

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