Researchers observed chimpanzees in the forests of Bossou, Guinea, noting that these primates use two tools to crack nuts: a ...

A recent study has uncovered striking parallels between how chimpanzees choose tools today and how early humans selected ...

An international team of paleobiologists, anthropologists and behavioral scientists has found that the process used by modern ...

It was observed that younger chimpanzees often mimicked the tool selections of older individuals, suggesting that knowledge of effective stone tools may be passed down through generations. This ...

Some chimpanzees appear to be more efficient at using tools to crack nuts than others within their groups. This efficiency could also give them an evolutionary advantage, since better nutcracking ...

The stone selection process is a valuable way to differentiate between primate and hominin stone tools in the archaeological ...

Study finds some chimps twice as skilled at nut-cracking, highlighting 25 years of research on intelligence and tool use.

The study focused on one of the most complex actions performed by primates: nut cracking using stone tools. In the forests of the village of Bossou in Guinea, chimpanzees form an isolated ...

Jose Jordan/AFP/AFP "Planet of the Apes" may have been onto something. Chimpanzees are steadily honing their tool-using skills -- a process unfolding over millennia, driven by the exchange of ...