First GIS Analysis of Modern Stone Tools Used by Wild Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) in Bossou, Guinea, West Africa

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Benito Calvo, Alfonso ^a   Carvalho, Susana ^b,c   Arroyo, Adrian ^d   Matsuzawa, Tetsuro ^e   De LaTorre, Ignacio ^d  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN SOBRE LA EVOLUCIÓN HUMANA CENIEH   (Spain)

^b THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; ROCK; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STONE TOOL; TOOL USE; ANIMAL; GUINEA; PHYSIOLOGY;

PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES VERUS;

ANIMALS; ARTIFACTS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GUINEA; PAN TROGLODYTES; TOOL USE BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84925597991     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0121613     Document Type: Article

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