The effects of captive versus wild rearing environments on long bone articular surfaces in common chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

The physical environments of captive and wild animals frequently differ in substrate types and compliance. As a result, there is an assumption that differences in rearing environments between captive and wild individuals produce differences in skeletal morphology. Here, this hypothesis is tested usi...

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Main Author: Kristi L. Lewton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2017-08-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/3668.pdf