Nut-cracking monkeys don't just use tools. They use tools with skill. That's the conclusion of a new study that finds similar tool-use strategies between humans and Brazil's bearded capuchin monkeys, ...

For years, scientists at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) in Panama had whispered about the remote island where monkeys used stone tools. A botanist had witnessed the phenomenon ...

Using tools is very old monkey business. Capuchins in northeast Brazil have wielded stones to crack open cashew nuts for 600 to 700 years, researchers report July 11 in Current Biology. Unearthed ...

Macaques use stones as hammers to smash open food items like shellfish and nuts. (Lydia V. Luncz) When monkeys in Thailand use stones as hammers and anvils to help them crack open nuts, they often ...

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Macaques in Thailand produced stone flakes while cracking nuts—a finding that could change what we thought about human history. Reading time 3 minutes Researchers studying macaques in one of ...

The macaques of southern Thailand have started a new tradition. For at least a century, they have used simple stone tools to smash open shellfish on the seashore. Now the monkeys have begun using ...