This study examined manual dexterity and skilled limb movements in two species of tree kangaroos (Dendrolagus lumholtzi and D. matschiei) in order to evaluate the
It has been hypothesized that play is more likely to be present in larger brained species. We tested this hypothesis in mammals using independent contrasts,
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