Social Learning and Teaching

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Part IV - Social Learning and Teaching

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 July 2021

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Allison B. Kaufman: Affiliation:
University of Connecticut
Josep Call: Affiliation:
University of St Andrews, Scotland
James C. Kaufman: Affiliation:
University of Connecticut

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Information: The Cambridge Handbook of Animal Cognition , pp. 441 - 558

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