Chimpanzee Learning and Transmission of Tool Use to Fish for Honey

  • Satoshi Hirata

Keywords

Rubber Tube Japanese Monkey Wild Chimpanzee Infant Chimpanzee Adult Chimpanzee 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Satoshi Hirata
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  1. 1.Great Ape Research InstituteHayashibara Biochemical LaboratoriesTamano, OkayamaJapan

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