Preparation and use of varied natural tools for extractive foraging by bonobos (Pan Paniscus)

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 78-91

  Roffman, Itai ^a   Savage Rumbaugh, Sue ^b   Rubert Pugh, Elizabeth ^b   Stadler, André ^c   Ronen, Avraham ^a   Nevo, Eviatar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b Great Ape Trust/Bonobo Hope Sanctuary   (United States)

^c Wuppertal Zoo   (Germany)

Author keywords

early hominins; food processing; Kanzi; Panbanisha; resource acquisition

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORAGING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HORN; LONG BONE; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PAN PANISCUS; ROCK; SIMULATION; TOOL USE; WEAPON; ANIMAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; MALE; PAN PANISCUS; TOOL USE BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84938975629     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22778     Document Type: Article

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