Use-wear patterns on wild macaque stone tools reveal their behavioural history.

Burmese long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis aurea) are one of a limited number of wild animal species to use stone tools, with their tool use focused on pounding shelled marine invertebrates foraged from intertidal habitats. These monkeys exhibit two main styles of tool use: axe hammering of o...

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Main Authors: Haslam, M, Gumert, MD, Biro, D, Carvalho, S, Malaivijitnond, S
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2013