Extant primates, especially chimpanzees, are often used as models for pre-modern hominin
(henceforth: hominin) behaviour, anatomy and cognition. In particular, as hominin behaviour …

The zone of latent solutions (ZLS) hypothesis provides an alternative approach to explaining
cultural patterns in primates and many other animals. According to the ZLS hypothesis, non …

Humans possess a perhaps unique type of culture among primates called cumulative
culture. In this type of culture, behavioural forms cumulate changes over time, which …

Early stone tools, and in particular sharp stone tools, arguably represent one of the most
important technological milestones in human evolution. The production and use of sharp …

Despite playing a pivotal role in the inception of animal culture studies, macaque social
learning is surprisingly understudied. Social learning is important to survival and influenced …

Cumulative cultural evolution (CCE), the improvement of cultural traits over generations via
social transmission, is widely believed to be unique to humans. The capacity to build upon …

Social learning—learning from others—is the basis for behavioural traditions. Different
social learning strategies (SLS), where individuals biasedly learn behaviours based on their …

It has been claimed that a unique feature of human culture is that it accumulates beneficial
modifications over time. On the basis of a couple of methodological considerations, we here …

Corvids are known for their cognitive flexibility, and many have innovated various forms of
tool use. Here, we review tool use and tooling in common ravens (Corvus corax) and …

Nut‐cracking with hammer tools (henceforth: nut‐cracking) has been argued to be one of the
most complex tool‐use behaviors observed in nonhuman animals. So far, only …