Generations of macaques used 'tools' to open their oysters and nuts

A new study looks into the history of stone tools used by wild macaques in coastal Thailand. It finds they have been using them for decades…and possibly thousands of years… to crack open shellfish and nuts. Macaque using stone tool [Credit: University of Oxford]While there have been several studies observing living non-human primates, this is the first report into the archaeological evidence of tool use by Old World monkeys. The...

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