10.5061/DRYAD.1M7SM
Fragaszy, Dorothy M.
University of Georgia
Biro, Dora
University of Oxford
Eshchar, Yonat
University of Georgia
Humle, Tatyana
University of Kent
Izar, PatrĂcia
University of Sao Paulo
Resende, Briseida
University of Sao Paulo
Visalberghi, Elisabetta
National Research Council
Data from: The fourth dimension of tool use: temporally enduring artefacts
aid primates learning to use tools
Dryad
dataset
2014
artifact
Sapajus libidinosus
Pan troglodytes
Niche construction
expertise
tools
2014-10-07T00:00:00Z
2014-10-07T00:00:00Z
en
https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2012.0410
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All investigated cases of habitual tool use in wild chimpanzees and
capuchin monkeys include youngsters encountering durable artefacts, most
often in a supportive social context. We propose that enduring artefacts
associated with tool use, such as previously used tools, partly processed
food items and residual material from previous activity, aid non-human
primates to learn to use tools, and to develop expertise in their use,
thus contributing to traditional technologies in non-humans. Therefore,
social contributions to tool use can be considered as situated in the
three dimensions of Euclidean space, and in the fourth dimension of time.
This notion expands the contribution of social context to learning a skill
beyond the immediate presence of a model nearby. We provide examples
supporting this hypothesis from wild bearded capuchin monkeys and
chimpanzees, and suggest avenues for future research.
Capuchin nut-cracking
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