Abstract
We examined the production of stone took by capuchins (Cebus apella). Eleven subjects used five reduction techniques to produce 346 stone tools (48 cores and 298 flakes). They produced a sharp edge on 83% of the cores and largest flakes. Three monkeys later used a sample of these objects as cutting tools. These results demonstrate that monkeys produce lithic tools analogous to those produced by Oldowan hominids.
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Westergaard, G.C., Suomi1, S.J. The stone tools of capuchins (Cebus apella). International Journal of Primatology 16, 1017–1024 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02696114
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