'Chimpanzee 'engineers' have implications for understanding human technological evolution
A multidisciplinary team of researchers led by Dr. Alejandra Pascual-Garrido, Research Affiliate at the School of ...
Chimpanzees engineer tools by selecting flexible plants for termite fishing
Researchers find wild chimpanzees prefer plants 2.75 times more flexible, indicating sophisticated understanding of material properties.
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Chimpanzees act as 'engineers', choosing materials to make tools based on structural and mechanical properties
Researchers have discovered that chimpanzees living in Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania employ a degree of engineering when making their tools, deliberately choosing plants that provide ...
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Fifty Years at Gombe
The rules at Gombe National Park say that you must not approach closely ... sometimes with a few friends, to watch chimps or sandhill cranes or black-footed ferrets and to restore her energy ...