New evidence on the tool-assisted hunting exhibited by chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) in a savannah habitat at Fongoli, Sénégal

Royal Society Open Science

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Pruetz, J D ^a   Bertolani, P ^c   Ontl, K Boyer ^a,d   Lindshield, S ^a   Shelley, M ^a,b   Wessling, E G ^e  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Iowa State University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chimpanzee; Hunting; Savannah; S n gal; Tool use

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948706384     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20545703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsos.140507     Document Type: Article

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