ArticlePrimates; journal of primatology2024
A new addition to the toolbox: stone tool use in blonde capuchin monkeys (Sapajus flavius).
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- Stone tool use in a new population of semi-free-ranging robust capuchins (Sapajus spp.) at Monkeyland Primate Sanctuary, South Africa.Primates; journal of primatology · 2026Article
- Parsimony, homology and the continuity of stone tool use in the hominin clade.Cambridge prisms. Extinction · 2026Article
- Peek a boo! Information seeking about food and functionality in capuchin monkeys.Animal cognition · 2025Article
- The basal area explains the abundance of stone tool sites reused by blonde capuchin monkeys.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Integrating culture into primate conservation.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2025Review
- Characterization of Stone Tool Use in Wild Groups of Critically Endangered Yellow-Breasted Capuchin Monkeys (Sapajus xanthosternos).American journal of biological anthropology · 2025Article
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Abstract
The use of tools played a central role in human culture and evolution. Early studies with apes demonstrated the tool use; however, currently the works have focused on Platyrrhine, particularly capuchin monkeys. Blonde capuchin monkeys, Sapajus flavius, have been observed using sticks to fish for termites in the Atlantic Forest, where this species has been extensively studied. In this study, we presented the first evidence of stone tool use by the blonde capuchin monkeys, as well as the dimensions and weight of these tools. We gathered data from three areas of Caatinga dry forest where we discovered this new tool use among the species. The mean weight of the hammers was 475.7 g (± 142 SD). The mean height of the anvils was 48.3 cm (± 18.7 SD), while the mean surface area of the anvils was 1.2 m
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