Primate archaeology

All modern humans use tools to overcome limitations of our anatomy and to make difficult tasks easier. However, if tool use is such an advantage, we may ask why it is not evolved to the same degree in other species. To answer this question, we need to bring a long-term perspective to the material re...

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Published in:	Nature (London) 2009-07, Vol.460 (7253), p.339-344
Main Authors:	Ling, Victoria, Carvalho, Susana, Haslam, Michael, Hardy, Bruce, Mora, Rafael, Mercader, Julio, Du, Andrew, McGrew, William, Petraglia, Michael, Harris, Jack, Visalberghi, Elisabetta, Hernandez-Aguilar, Adriana, Marchant, Linda, Roche, Hélène, de la Torre, Ignacio, Matsuzawa, Tetsuro, DeStefano, April, Warren, Rebecca
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Animal cognition Animal ethology Animals Animals, Wild - physiology Animals, Wild - psychology Archaeology Archaeology - trends Behavior, Animal Biological and medical sciences Biological evolution Endangered & extinct species Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Genetics of eukaryotes. Biological and molecular evolution Gorillas Hominidae Human Characteristics Humans Mammalia Natural history Primates Primates - physiology Primates - psychology Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Social interaction Stone Technology - methods Vertebrata
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