The social context of chimpanzee tool use

Tool Use in Animals Cognition and Ecology

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 161-175

  Sanz, Crickette M ^a   Morgan, David B ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Lincoln Park Zoo   (United States)

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EID: 84924203908     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511894800.011     Document Type: Chapter

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