Evolution & Human Behavior
Volume 23, Issue 6 , Pages 467-479 , November 2002

Sex differences in response to children's toys in nonhuman primates (Cercopithecus aethiops sabaeus)

  • Gerianne M Alexander

      Affiliations

    • University of California, Los Angeles, USA
    • Texas A & M University, College Station, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychology, Texas A & M University, 4235-TAMU, College Station, TX 77843-4235
    • ,
  • Melissa Hines

      Affiliations

    • University of California, Los Angeles, USA
    • City University, London, UK

Received 8 January 2002 ,Accepted 2 June 2002.

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