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Optimisation of Nut-Cracking With Natural Hammers By Wild Chimpanzees

In: Behaviour
Authors:
Christophe Boesch (Department of Ethology and Wildlife Research, University of Zurich, Switzerland

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Hedwige Boesch (Department of Ethology and Wildlife Research, University of Zurich, Switzerland

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Online Publication Date:
01 Jan 1983
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Abstract

The chimpanzees of the Tai National Park, Ivory Coast, use sticks and stones to open 5 different species of nuts. In spite of an unfavourable availability of the material in the forest, the animals choose their tools adaptively. For cracking harder nuts, they use harder and heavier tools and transport tools more often and from farther away. Some aspects of the evolution of tool-use in primates are discussed.

Title:
Optimisation of Nut-Cracking With Natural Hammers By Wild Chimpanzees
Article Type:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/156853983X00192
Language:
English
Pages:
265–286
In:
Behaviour
In:
Volume 83: Issue 3-4
Publisher:
Brill
E-ISSN:
1568-539X
Print ISSN:
0005-7959
Subjects:
Biology & Environmental Sciences, Biology

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