Percussive tool use holds special interest for scientists concerned with human origins. We
summarize the findings from two field sites, Taï and Fazenda Boa Vista, where percussive …

Abstract “Complex technology” has often been considered a hallmark of human evolution.
However, recent findings show that wild monkeys are also capable of habitual tool use. Here …

All investigated cases of habitual tool use in wild chimpanzees and capuchin monkeys
include youngsters encountering durable artefacts, most often in a supportive social context …

Animals (including humans) use objects to solve problems or accomplish goals in diverse
ways. Sometimes while doing so they achieve a mechanical effect on a target object or …

To determine whether tool use varied in relation to food availability in bearded capuchin
monkeys, we recorded anvil and stone hammer use in two sympatric wild groups, one of …

Humans' daily life is dominated by, and depends on, the use of tools. Because we are so
skilled at using tools, and attribute a pivotal role in human evolution to tool use, the …

Wild bearded capuchins (Sapajus libidinosus) in the cerrado (seasonally dry savannah-like
region) of Brazil routinely crack open several species of palm nuts and other hard encased …

The present work explores the production and functional relationships that may exist
between bipolar cores and spheroids in Olduvai Gorge. Percussion experiments have been …

Bearded capuchin monkeys (Sapajus libidinosus) from Serra da Capivara National Park
(Brazil), perform the widest range of activities using stone tools of all the non-human tool …

Cracking nuts with tools is a behavior documented in a small number of populations of tufted
capuchins, mainly in semi‐arid Caatinga and Caatinga–Cerrado transitional environments …