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Tool use for corpse cleaning in chimpanzees
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dc.contributor.author | van Leeuwen, Edwin J. C. | |
dc.contributor.author | Cronin, Katherine A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Haun, Daniel B. M. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-03-16T10:30:14Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-03-16T10:30:14Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017-03-13 | |
dc.identifier.citation | van Leeuwen , E J C , Cronin , K A & Haun , D B M 2017 , ' Tool use for corpse cleaning in chimpanzees ' , Scientific Reports , vol. 7 , 44091 . https://doi.org/10.1038/srep44091 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 2045-2322 | |
dc.identifier.other | PURE: 249062904 | |
dc.identifier.other | PURE UUID: 35f45555-d7bc-4040-b606-2c3422faa42b | |
dc.identifier.other | Scopus: 85015195035 | |
dc.identifier.other | WOS: 000396422300001 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10023/10479 | |
dc.description.abstract | For the first time, chimpanzees have been observed using tools to clean the corpse of a deceased group member. A female chimpanzee sat down at the dead body of a young male, selected a firm stem of grass, and started to intently remove debris from his teeth. This report contributes novel behaviour to the chimpanzee’s ethogram, and highlights how crucial information for reconstructing the evolutionary origins of human mortuary practices may be missed by refraining from developing adequate observation techniques to capture non-human animals’ death responses. | |
dc.format.extent | 4 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Scientific Reports | en |
dc.rights | © The Author(s) 2017. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if the material is not included under the Creative Commons license, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder to reproduce the material. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en |
dc.subject | RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry | en |
dc.subject | QH301 Biology | en |
dc.subject | QL Zoology | en |
dc.subject | QP Physiology | en |
dc.subject | NDAS | en |
dc.subject.lcc | RC0321 | en |
dc.subject.lcc | QH301 | en |
dc.subject.lcc | QL | en |
dc.subject.lcc | QP | en |
dc.title | Tool use for corpse cleaning in chimpanzees | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.description.version | Publisher PDF | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. School of Psychology and Neuroscience | en |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1038/srep44091 | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
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