Cultural innovation and transmission of tool use in wild chimpanzees: evidence from field experiments.

Journal article

Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) are the most proficient and versatile users of tools in the wild. How such skills become integrated into the behavioural repertoire of wild chimpanzee communities is investigated here by drawing together evidence from three complementary approaches in a group of oil-palm nut- ( Elaeis guineensis) cracking chimpanzees at Bossou, Guinea. First, extensive surveys of communities adjacent to Bossou have shown that population-specific details of tool use, such as the s...

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Authors: Biro, D; Inoue-Nakamura, N; Tonooka, R; Yamakoshi, G; Sousa, C

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Animal cognition
• Volume: 6
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 213-223
• Publication date: 2003-12-01
• DOI: 10.1007/s10071-003-0183-x
• EISSN: 1435-9456
• ISSN: 1435-9448
• Language: English
• Keywords: Female; Feeding Behavior; Pan troglodytes; Cooking and Eating Utensils; Imitative Behavior; Functional Laterality; Male; Animals; Diffusion of Innovation; Culture; Motor Skills; Social Environment