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34 - Grooming: its hygienic and social aspects*

from Part VII - Social behavior

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 September 2015

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. 472 - 484
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2015

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