Understanding the Point of Chimpanzee Pointing: Epigenesis and Ecological Validity
Understanding the Point of Chimpanzee Pointing: Epigenesis and Ecological Validity
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Los Angeles, CA: Blackwell Publishers
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Pointing has long been considered to be a uniquely human, universal, and biologically based gesture. However, pointing emerges spontaneously, without explicit training, in captive chimpanzees. Because pointing is commonplace in captive chimpanzees and virtually absent in wild chimpanzees, and because both captive and wild chimpanzees are sampled fr...
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Understanding the Point of Chimpanzee Pointing: Epigenesis and Ecological Validity
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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_2151757
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_2151757
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0963-7214
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1467-8721
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10.1111/j.0963-7214.2005.00361.x
