Environment, methodology, and the object choice task in apes: Evidence for declarative comprehension and implications for the evolution of language

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• Publication year

  2010

• Venue

  Journal of Evolutionary Psychology

• Publication date

  2010-10-17

• Fields of study

  Biology, Linguistics, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1556/JEP.8.2010.4.3
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