How latent solution experiments can help to study differences between human culture and primate traditions

Primatology: Theories, Methods and Research

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 95-112

  Tennie, Claudio ^a   Hedwig, Daniela ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

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