Groups of chimpanzees in West Africa use stone tools in distinctly different ways to crack open nuts. Researchers used 3D scans to trace wear patterns on the tools, called “hammerstones” and “anvils.” ...

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. Chimpanzee culture is more similar to human culture than often assumed, new research suggests. Chimpanzees don’t automatically know what ...

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Chimpanzees don't automatically know what to do when they come across nuts and stones. Researchers have now used field experiments to show that chimpanzees thus do not simply invent nut cracking with ...

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