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Some novel tool-use by primates may arise in a localised or isolated manner within certain unique primate cultures, being transmitted and practised among socially connected primates through cultural learning. Many famous researchers, such as Charles Darwin in his 1871 book The Descent of Man, have mentioned tool use in monkeys (such as baboons).
[1] [3] Organic tool use such as leaves and twigs in non-human primates [36] points towards the also likely existence on these types of tools in all hominins. Moreover, the occurrence of tool use and even the unintentional production of flakes in extant non-human primates questions the idea that only hominins were the sole creators of ...
Lomekwi is an archaeological site located on the west bank of Turkana Lake in Kenya.It is an important milestone in the history of human archaeology. An archaeological team from Stony Brook University in the United States discovered traces of Lomekwi by chance in July 2011, and made substantial progress four years after in-depth excavations.
Stone tools – homo neanderthalensis used Mousterian stone tools that date back to around 300,000 years ago [12] and include smaller, knife-like and scraper tools. Burials – homo neanderthalensis buried their dead, doing so in shallow graves along with stone tools and animal bones, although the reasons and significance of the burials are ...
Chimpanzees have used stone tools since at least 4,300 years ago. [144] A chimpanzee from the Kasakela chimpanzee community was the first nonhuman animal reported making a tool, by modifying a twig to use as an instrument for extracting termites from their mound. [145] [146] At Taï, chimpanzees simply use their hands to extract termites. [126]
Primates have advanced cognitive abilities: some make tools and use them to acquire food and for social displays; [163] [164] some can perform tasks requiring cooperation, influence and rank; [165] they are status conscious, manipulative and capable of deception; [166] [167] they can recognise kin and conspecifics; [168] [169] and they can ...
The Stone Age is a broad prehistoric period during which stone was widely used in the manufacture of implements with a sharp edge, a point, or a percussion surface. The period lasted roughly 2.5 million years, from the time of early hominids to Homo sapiens in the later Pleistocene era, and largely ended between 6000 and 2000 BCE with the advent of metalworking.
Primates are characterized by their large brains relative to other mammals. These features are most significant in monkeys and apes, and noticeably less so in lorises and lemurs. Many species are sexually dimorphic , which means males and females have different physical traits, including body mass, canine tooth size, and coloration.