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 …

Interdisciplinary research has benefitted the fields of anthropology and engineering for
decades: a classic example being the application of material science to the field of feeding …

Within-group variation in sociality has been linked to correlates of fitness across vertebrates.
Individuals that form strong social bonds with a few partners, or are well integrated into a …

Dental microwear has long been used as evidence concerning the diets of extinct species.
Here, we present a comparative baseline series of dental microwear textures for a sample of …

Chimpanzees have been the traditional referential models for investigating human evolution
and stone tool use by hominins. We enlarge this comparative scenario by describing …

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

Convergence is widely regarded as compelling evidence for adaptation, often being
portrayed as evidence that phenotypic outcomes are predictable from ecology, overriding …

Long‐tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis) feed opportunistically in many habitats. The
Burmese subspecies (M. f. aurea) inhabits coastal areas in southwestern Thailand and …

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 …