Sinha, Anindya
(1997)
Complex tool manufacture by a wild bonnet macaque, Macaca radiata.
Folia Primatologica, 68.
pp. 23-25.
| Abstract: |
Tool use has been broadly defined as the external employment of an unattached inanimate object
to alter the form, position, or condition of another object, another organism, or the user itself [1].
Tool manufacture has been considered to be a modification of the physical properties of an
inanimate object so that it can be used more efficiently as a tool. Tool use has been widely,
though sporadically, reported for all the families of nonhuman primates, except the Callitrichidae
and the prosimians [1]. Authentic examples of tool manufacture, however, are rare in monkeys
(with the notable exception of the New World genus Cebus, the capuchins, in captivity) and
appear to be restricted principally to the great apes (chimpanzees, orang-utans). Amongst the Old
World monkeys, only lion-tailed macaques (Macaca silenus) in captive social groups have been
observed to manufacture tools by detaching sticks from larger branches to extract food from the
narrow openings of enclosed containers. |
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Journal Paper
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| Additional Information: |
The Copyright belongs to Kargar. |
| Keywords: |
Tool manufacture;Tool use;Bonnet macaque;Macaca radiata;Field study;India;Cognition;Insight |
| Subjects: |
School of Natural and Engineering Sciences > Animal Behaviour |
| Date Deposited: |
19 May 2006 |
| Last Modified: |
07 Jul 2007 15:45 |
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http://eprints.nias.res.in/id/eprint/63 |
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