Using human tools can significantly benefit robots in many application domains. Such ability
would allow robots to solve problems that they were unable to without tools. However, robot …

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 …

Cumulative technological culture (CTC) refers to the increase in the efficiency and
complexity of tools and techniques in human populations over generations. A fascinating …

This comprehensive introductory text integrates evolutionary, ecological, and demographic
perspectives with new results from field studies and contemporary noninvasive molecular …

The emergence of technology has been suggested to coincide with scarcity of staple
resources that led to innovations in the form of tool-assisted strategies to diversify or …

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 …

The human archaeological record changes over time. Finding such change in other animals
requires similar evidence, namely, a long-term sequence of material culture. Here, we apply …

Each of us has a protected zone two or three feet wide, swelling around the head and
narrowing towards the feet. This zone isn't fixed in size: if you're nervous, it grows; if you're …

Tool-use research has focused primarily on land-based animals, with less consideration
given to aquatic animals and the environmental challenges and conditions they face. Here …

Investigating cognitively complex behaviours in their natural ecological context provides
essential insights into the adaptive value of animal cognition. In this study, we investigated …