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Wild monkeys flake stone tools

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  • Tomos Proffitt

    (Primate Archaeology Research Group, School of Archaeology, University of Oxford, Dyson Perrins Building)

  • Lydia V. Luncz

    (Primate Archaeology Research Group, School of Archaeology, University of Oxford, Dyson Perrins Building)

  • Tiago Falótico

    (Institute of Psychology, University of São Paulo)

  • Eduardo B. Ottoni

    (Institute of Psychology, University of São Paulo)

  • Ignacio de la Torre

    (Institute of Archaeology, University College London)

  • Michael Haslam

    (Primate Archaeology Research Group, School of Archaeology, University of Oxford, Dyson Perrins Building)

Abstract

Wild capuchin monkeys in Brazil deliberately break stones, unintentionally producing flakes similar to the ancient sharp-edged flakes characterized as intentionally produced Pliocene–Pleistocene hominin tools, although why they do so remains unclear.

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  • Tomos Proffitt & Lydia V. Luncz & Tiago Falótico & Eduardo B. Ottoni & Ignacio de la Torre & Michael Haslam, 2016. "Wild monkeys flake stone tools," Nature, Nature, vol. 539(7627), pages 85-88, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:539:y:2016:i:7627:d:10.1038_nature20112
    DOI: 10.1038/nature20112
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    1. Elisa Bandini & Rachel A. Harrison & Alba Motes-Rodrigo, 2022. "Examining the suitability of extant primates as models of hominin stone tool culture," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 9(1), pages 1-18, December.
    2. Claes Andersson & Claudio Tennie, 2023. "Zooming out the microscope on cumulative cultural evolution: ‘Trajectory B’ from animal to human culture," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 10(1), pages 1-20, December.

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