Primatology: Advanced ape technology

W. C. McGrew

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2004.11.042

Primatology: Advanced ape technology

W. C. McGrew^*

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Centre for Social Learning & Cognitive Evolution

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Abstract

New findings from African rainforests show chimpanzees to have impressively advanced technology. They make tools of vegetation to harvest termites as in East and West Africa, but some apes in Central Africa show different techniques and tool sets geared for different tasks.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	R1046-R1047
Journal	Current Biology
Volume	14
Issue number	24
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2004.11.042
Publication status	Published - 29 Dec 2004

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