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Behavioral Repertoire of Tool Use in the Wild Chimpanzees at Bossou

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  1. Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University, 41 Kanrin, Inuyama, Aichi, 484-8506, Japan

    Gaku Ohashi

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  1. Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University, 41 Kanrin, Inuyama, Aichi, 484-8506, Japan

    Tetsuro Matsuzawa Ph.D. (Professor), Masaki Tomonaga Ph.D. (Associate Professor) & Masayuki Tanaka Ph.D. (Assistant Professor) (Professor),  (Associate Professor) &  (Assistant Professor)

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Ohashi, G. (2006). Behavioral Repertoire of Tool Use in the Wild Chimpanzees at Bossou. In: Matsuzawa, T., Tomonaga, M., Tanaka, M. (eds) Cognitive Development in Chimpanzees. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/4-431-30248-4_26

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