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Video Clips of JJ from Bossou, Guinea fishing for tools

I just posted about JJ’s novel tool use, and I thought you may wanna see him actually fishing for ants. The authors of the paper provided videos of JJ using his tools. I’ve uploaded it to … more →

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Tool use and Chimpanzees

worddreams wrote 1 week ago: Tool use used to be what separated man from monkey. Then it was using a tool to make a tool. Now, th … more →

Tags: Early Man, chimps and tool use

Tool Use and Man

worddreams wrote 1 week ago: I had to post this. It’s not that the impact of tool use on the brain surprises me, it’s … more →

Tags: lyta, Homo habilis, Homo Erectus, chimps and tool use, Early Man

Don't be a tool! — 1 comment

makaimauka wrote 3 weeks ago: In the early ’60s, Jane Goodall rocked the scientific world when she reported that chimpanzees … more →

Tags: Science News, wildlife, brain size, Chimpanzees, Cognition, Corvidae, Crows, eagles, Neocortex

More Than Just Bananas

morrjenny wrote 3 weeks ago: Since the last post was so depressing, I thought it would be a good idea to move on to something a b … more →

Tags: Behavior, feeding

Is Dr. Who Human?

hauntedrollercoaster wrote 2 months ago: I’m afraid I’m not going to have any easy answers on this one.  We have an intuitive sen … more →

Tags: General, Dr Who, essence of humanity, Neanderthal, Rationality, language, Alien, XYY Syndrome, Homo sapiens

Armed chimps raid beehives

markuspretzel wrote 3 months ago: Following on from our discussion about differences between humans and other animals and tool-use amo … more →

Tags: General Interest, streatham philosophy group, streatham philosophy, chimpanzee, Chimpanzee tool use, animal tools

Why Do Dolphins Carry Sponges?

dantae wrote 6 months ago: PLoS ONE just published an article on Dolphins Carrying Sponges by Mann et al. It is a postulated ca … more →

Tags: comment on recent journal article

Video Clips of JJ from Bossou, Guinea fishing for tools — 2 comments

Kambiz Kamrani wrote 1 year ago: I just posted about JJ’s novel tool use, and I thought you may wanna see him actually fishing … more →

Tags: Blog, Video, chimpanzee, Guinea, bossou, jj, Anthropology

Novel Tool-Use observed in a wild Chimpanzee from Bossou, Guinea — 1 comment

Kambiz Kamrani wrote 1 year ago: Even though I’ve been posting a lot on tool use lately, I’m sure you will appreciate thi … more →

Tags: Blog, Anthropology, chimpanzee, ant-fishing, bossou, Guinea, Tools

Orangutan from Borneo photographed using a spear tool to fish — 30 comments

Kambiz Kamrani wrote 1 year ago: Tool use among orangutans was first documented by Carel van Schaik. In 1994, Carel observed oranguta … more →

Tags: Blog, Photo, Anthropology, Orangutan, Borneo, carel van schaik, gerd schuster, thinks of the jungle

Gorillas with Weapons and Mirror Neurons & Macaques

Kambiz Kamrani wrote 1 year ago: If you don’t follow my other blog but are interested in tool use, I just blogged about gorilla … more →

Tags: Physical Anthropology, Blog, Learning, primate evolution, Behavior, gorilla, macaque, Mirror Neurons, Cognition

Non-Human Primate Tool Use: Gorillas Weilding Weapons, Macaques & Mirror Neurons — 3 comments

Kambiz Kamrani wrote 1 year ago: I’m scouring the American Journal of Primatology for a paper on gorillas using tools as weapon … more →

Tags: Blog, Psychology, Zoology, gorilla, macaque, Neuroscience, Sociobiology, Behavior, primate evolution

Bonobo Tool Use — 1 comment

Kambiz Kamrani wrote 1 year ago: Vannessa Woods just broke some awesome news of bonobos using tools. From her blog, Bonobo Handshake, … more →

Tags: Blog, Anthropology, bonobo, Behavior


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