THAT'S NUTS: Study Shows Chimpanzees Have Different Stone Tools Depending On What Nut They Want To Crack

Image shows a female chimpanzee cracking Panda oleosa nuts using a granodiorite hammerstone on a wooden (panda tree root) anvil, undated photo. Researchers from the Max Planck University in Leipzig, Germany identified a variety of chimpanzee stone tools for cracking different nut species in a study published on Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. Note: Licensed content. (Liran Samuni, Tai Chimpanzee Project/Newsflash) Image shows a female chimpanzee cracking Panda oleosa nuts using a granodiorite hammerstone on a wooden (panda tree root) anvil, undated photo. Researchers from the Max Planck University in Leipzig, Germany identified a variety of chimpanzee stone tools for cracking different nut species in a study published on Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. Note: Licensed content. (Liran Samuni, Tai Chimpanzee Project/Newsflash)
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22 September 2022
A new study has revealed that chimpanzees use a variety of different stone tools depending on what kind of nut they want to crack. The research was led by archaeologists and primatologists from the Technological Primates Research Group at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary...