Research report 2007 - Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
New Insights into the Tool-Using Behavior of Wild Chimpanzees
Authors
Sanz, Crickette
Departments
Primatologie (Prof. Dr. Christophe Boesch)
MPI für evolutionäre Anthropologie, Leipzig
Summary
With the exception of humans, chimpanzees show the most diverse and complex tool using behaviors of all existant species. Primatologists at the Max Planck Institute of Evolutionary Anthropology are using new research methods to study chimpanzee tool use in the dense forests of the Congo Basin. They are discovering complex technological skills among these apes that expand current perceptions of chimpanzee cognition and material culture.