First observation of tool use in wild gorillas.
Descriptions of novel tool use by great apes in response to different circumstances aids us in understanding the factors favoring the evolution of tool use in humans. This paper documents what we believe to be the first two observations of tool use in wild western gorillas (Gorilla gorilla). We firs...
Main Authors: | Thomas Breuer, Mireille Ndoundou-Hockemba, Vicki Fishlock |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2005-11-01
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Series: | PLoS Biology |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0030380 |
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