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Chimpanzees are indifferent to the welfare of unrelated group members
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Metadata
- Authors
- Silk, J. B., Brosnan, S. F., Vonk, J., Henrich, J., Povinelli, D. J., Richardson, A. S., Lambeth, S. P., Mascaro, J., & Schapiro, S. J.
- Venue
- Nature
- Published
- 2005-10
- Volume
- 437
- Issue
- 7063
- Pages
- 1357-1359
- ISSN
- 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
- 1476-4687
- OpenAlex
- W2062489208
- Cited by
- 576
- References
- 7
- FWCI
- 24.95
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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