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38 - Culture

from Part VIII - Behavioral diversity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 September 2015

By
Hitonaru Nishie  and
Michio Nakamura
Edited by
Michio Nakamura ,
Kazuhiko Hosaka ,
Noriko Itoh  and
Koichiro Zamma
Michio Nakamura
Affiliation:
Kyoto University, Japan
Kazuhiko Hosaka
Affiliation:
Kamakura Women’s University, Japan
Noriko Itoh
Affiliation:
Kyoto University, Japan
Koichiro Zamma
Affiliation:
Great Ape Research Institute
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Mahale Chimpanzees
50 Years of Research
 , pp. 521 - 532
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2015

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