Tag: Pre Existing Behavioural

Chimps can learn to use tools without observing others

London: Chimpanzees can spontaneously use tools to solve a task, without first watching another animal to learn from them, researchers have found. The results challenge the accepted belief that chimpanzees need to learn from each other how to use tools and instead suggest that some forms of tool-use are instead within their pre-existing behavioural repertoire, […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
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