Wild capuchin monkeys spontaneously adjust actions when using hammer stones of different mass to crack nuts of different resistance

ObjectivesExpert tool users are known to adjust their actions skillfully depending on aspects of tool type and task. We examined if bearded capuchin monkeys cracking nuts with stones of different mass adjusted the downward velocity and the height of the stone when striking palm nuts.

Tipo Pubblicazione: 
Articolo
Author or Creator: 
Liu, Qing
Fragaszy, Dorothy M.
Visalberghi, Elisabetta
Publisher: 
Wiley [etc.], Hoboken, N.J. [etc.], Stati Uniti d'America
Source: 
American journal of physical anthropology 161 (2016): 53–61. doi:10.1002/ajpa.23006
info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Liu, Qing; Fragaszy, Dorothy M.; Visalberghi, Elisabetta/titolo:Wild capuchin monkeys spontaneously adjust actions when using hammer stones of different mass to crack nuts of different resistance/doi:10.1002/ajpa.23006/rivista:A
Date: 
2016
Resource Identifier: 
http://www.cnr.it/prodotto/i/366082
https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.23006
info:doi:10.1002/ajpa.23006
Language: 
Eng
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