How chimps teach their kids tool tricks
Researchers recorded 33 tool transfers and four fruit handoffs, suggesting mothers and other adults actively guide young chimpanzees in learning to forage.
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Educational behavior was observed in wild Western chimpanzees in Senegal, where they handed stick tools to young offspring and demonstrated how to use them. Researchers confirmed that adults intentionally assist young chimpanzees in acquiring skills, which is an important example of how knowledge is transmitted across generations within chimpanzee society.
Chimpanzees give youngsters the tools to learn tricky techniques
Two-thirds of a century after Jane Goodall observed "David Greybeard" break off a twig to fashion a fishing rod for termites, researchers following in her footsteps have found that adult chimpanzees in Senegal literally hand youngsters the tools for learning.
Many animals make and use ingenious tools. For example, chimpanzees make tools to fish for algae, hunt, or mop. Now, researchers have mapped out how Western chimpanzees learn this behavior from their peers. The current research shows how the skills are passed on to subsequent generations. For instance, the […] More science? Read the latest articles on Scientias.nl.
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