Orangutan tool use and the evolution of technology

Tool Use in Animals Cognition and Ecology

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 176-202

  Meulman, Ellen J M ^a   Van Schaik, Carel P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84924138889     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511894800.012     Document Type: Chapter

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