@anthropology.netWild savanna chimps at Dindefelo rarely actively teach tool use: in 32 of 33 camera-trap tool transfers, learners initiated the handover. A new Frontiers in Psychology study offers key empirical data on the social learning roots of hominin technology.
@primatology.netCamera traps in Senegal filmed wild chimpanzees passing tools to one another 33 times, most often to infants, and in all but one case the recipient made the first move. #Primatology #Chimpanzees #AnimalBehavior www.primatology.net/p/wild-chimp...
@garym6942.bsky.socialWhen fruit disappears, bearded capuchins switch from foraging to hunting, targeting everything from lizards and rodents to snakes, iguanas, and young birds. scitechdaily.com/monkeys-hunt... #primatology #palaeontology #biology #science #SciChat
@anthropology.netA 2025 study said two trained monkeys could keep a beat. A 2026 rebuttal says the data show tempo matching, not real synchronization, and three-day-old humans already beat them at it. #Primatology #AnimalCognition #Evolution www.anthropology.net/p/monkeys-ha...
@bjking.bsky.socialFive baby orangutans found in forest in India. Of course wildlife trafficking should be the investigative focus, but we can spare thoughts too for how disorienting and scary this must have been for 5 young apes. #orangutan #primates #wildlifetrafficking #primatology #anthropology
@brookecaldrich.bsky.socialWow... My #primatology is clearly not everyone's primatology.
From a paper I've just read: "A critical turning point was reached in research with the recent success in cloning rhesus monkeys ... a major advancement in primatology."
Advancement? Huh. Would the rhesus agree?
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@museumofscience.bsky.socialSince this wasn't a formal experiment, these observations in our closest evolutionary cousins offer a rare clue to the mystery of why humans started keeping pets in the first place.