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Tool use by non-humans is a phenomenon in which a non-human animal uses any kind of tool in order to achieve a goal such as acquiring food and water, grooming, combat, defence, communication, recreation or construction. Originally thought to be a skill possessed only by humans, some tool use requires a sophisticated level of cognition. There is ...
Tool making is much rarer, but has been documented in orangutans, [31] bonobos and bearded capuchin monkeys. Research in 2007 shows that chimpanzees in the Fongoli savannah sharpen sticks to use as spears when hunting, considered the first evidence of systematic use of weapons in a species other than humans.
Recent research indicates that chimpanzees' use of stone tools dates back at least 4,300 years (about 2,300 BC). [60] One example of chimpanzee tool usage behavior includes the use of a large stick as a tool to dig into termite mounds, and the subsequent use of a small stick altered into a tool that is used to "fish" the termites out of the ...
The findings indicate the culture of the animals may be more similar to humans’ than often assumed. Tool use may be socially learned in wild chimpanzees, research suggests Skip to main content
The common chimpanzee can use tools. This individual is using a stick to get food. Human and non-human animal cognition have much in common, and this is reflected in the research summarized below; most of the headings found here might also appear in an article on human cognition. Of course, research in the two also differs in important respects.
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. [ 144 ] [ 145 ] At Taï, chimpanzees simply use their hands to extract termites. [ 125 ]
The human and chimpanzee evolutionary lineages split about 6.9 million to 9 million years ago, according to research published in June. Studying chimpanzee behavior may offer insight into our own ...
When Kenney tested young and old people in dry heat, young volunteers could function until 125.6 degrees (52 degrees Celsius), while the elderly had to stop at 109.4 (43 degrees Celsius).