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Wild chimpanzees scaffold youngsters’ learning in a high-tech community

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PNAS January 14, 2020 117 (2) 802-804; first published December 23, 2019; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1920430117
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vol. 117 no. 2 802-804
DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1920430117
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31871142

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National Academy of Sciences
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0027-8424
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1091-6490
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  • Published in issue January 14, 2020.
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