Free hand hitting of stone-like objects in wild gorillas

Abstract The earliest stone tool types, sharp flakes knapped from stone cores, are assumed to have played a crucial role in human cognitive evolution. Flaked stone tools have been observed to be accidentally produced when wild monkeys use handheld stones as tools. Holding a stone core in hand and hi...

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Main Authors: Shelly Masi, Emmanuelle Pouydebat, Aurore San-Galli, Ellen Meulman, Thomas Breuer, Jonathan Reeves, Claudio Tennie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-15542-7