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When asked by Bored Panda what he considers to be the most impressive examples of primates using tools, the professor replied: “I think the stone tool use of bearded Capuchins is quite impressive, when you consider that some males are using stones that are about one quarter of their body weight to crack the palm nuts. to open shell-fish in tidal zone habitats.”

Besides Capuchins (a group of New World monkeys), some Old World monkeys, such as crab-eater macaques (Macaca fascicularis) have also been observed to use tools, e.g. While gibbons are also apes, they have not thus far been observed to use tools. “Chimpanzees, orangutans, bonobos, and gorillas have all now been reported to use tools in the wild. Professor Colquhoun explained that tool use and tool manufacturing are very rare among primate species. “However, stone tool use by the related bearded Capuchin (Sapajus libidinosis), native to northeastern Brazil, has been well-documented since first reports of its use of stone tools to crack open palm nuts appeared back in 2004,” the professor highlighted. To my knowledge, white-faced Capuchins have only just recently been observed using tools in the wild.” “From the image of the capuchin using a stone tool to strike and shatter the glass panel of its enclosure that I saw, the thing that struck me was that it appeared to be a white-faced Capuchin (Cebus capuchinus) - for fans of Friends, we’re talking about the same species as “Marcel” the monkey. Colquhoun from the Department of Anthropology at the University of Western Ontario about Capuchins and other primates.

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