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Animal behavior: Monkeys use tools for diet quality, not quantity

Koops, Kathelijne (2022). Animal behavior: Monkeys use tools for diet quality, not quantity. Current Biology, 32(20):R1037-R1039.

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An enduring question in the study of human evolution is why tool use evolved. A new study has found that stone tools improve diet quality in wild capuchin monkeys. Tools may have similarly increased the nutritional security in ancestral hominins.

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Item Type:Journal Article, refereed, further contribution
Communities & Collections:07 Faculty of Science > Department of Evolutionary Anthropology
Dewey Decimal Classification:300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology
Scopus Subject Areas:Life Sciences > General Neuroscience
Life Sciences > General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Life Sciences > General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Uncontrolled Keywords:General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Language:English
Date:1 October 2022
Deposited On:06 Feb 2023 16:21
Last Modified:28 Oct 2024 02:42
Publisher:Cell Press (Elsevier)
ISSN:0960-9822
OA Status:Green
Free access at:Publisher DOI. An embargo period may apply.
Publisher DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2022.08.075
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