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Age-related differences in the performance, diffusion, and maintenance of stone handling, a behavioral tradition in Japanese macaques

✍ Scribed by Jean-Baptiste Leca; Noëlle Gunst; Michael A. Huffman

Book ID
118475439
Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
2007
Tongue
English
Weight
441 KB
Volume
53
Category
Article
ISSN
0047-2484

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