Comprehension of functional support by enculturated chimpanzees Pan troglodytes

Studies of causal understanding of tool relationships in captive chimpanzees have yielded disparate findings, particularly those reported by Povinelli & colleagues (2000) for tool tasks by laboratory chimpanzees. The present set of experiments tested nine enculturated chimpanzees on three versio...

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Main Author: Anna M. YOCOM, Sarah T. BOYSEN
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2011-08-01
Series:Current Zoology
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Online Access:http://www.currentzoology.org/paperdetail.asp?id=11917