Lateralized Hand Use in the Precultural Behavior of the Koshima Monkeys (Macaca fuscata)
Lateralized Hand Use in the Precultural Behavior of the Koshima Monkeys (Macaca fuscata)
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小岛猴(Macaca fuscata)前文化行为中的侧手使用
DOI:
10.1007/978-1-4612-4370-0_7
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发表时间:
1993
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通讯作者:
M. Kawai
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作者:
Kunio Watanabe;M. Kawai
Materials and MethodsThe Koshima monkeys, which live on a small island off the east coast of Kyushu, Japan, have been provisioned since 1952, and observations on them have continued for the past 37 years. During this period, the monkeys have developed or acquired a number of precultural behaviors such as sweet potato and wheat washing, swimming in the sea, and" give-me-some" postures (see Kawai, 1965 for description). The behavior of washing food items was developed primarily for the purpose of cleaning soiled sweet potatoes or removing sand from handfuls of wheat grains. Washing behaviors have undergone changes over the years as the environmental situation and management policies of the monkeys have