Were some of the stone flakes we attribute to our clever ancestors actually created by lil’ ol
Were some of the stone flakes we attribute to our clever ancestors actually created by lil’ ol’ monkeys? Researchers from Oxford University recently documented capuchin monkeys gleefully banging rocks together - probably to get at minerals inside. The flakes they create look pretty similar to those we’ve attributed to human tool makers. Read the full story from Christopher Joyce. Read a fun rumination on monkey and human tool use by Alva Noe. (And read the study in Nature.)Image Credits: M. Haslam and the Primate Archaeology Group/University of Oxford/Nature -- source link
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