A chimpanzee mother using rocks (hammer and anvil) to break open nuts, an example of tool use in primates. Photo from Duke University.
A new branch of archaeology is being introduced by international scientists. Led by University of Calgary archaeologist Julio Mercader and 17 other co-authors of the paper “Primate archaeology“, advocate a new “Paleoanthropology meets Primatology” inter-disciplinary field that seek to examine primate tool use in a long term, evolutionary context.
Read more about the article from redOrbit: International Scientists Establish New Branch Of Archaeology.
Originally posted on The Prancing Papio.
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