Title

Animal Behavior: The Right Tool for the Job

Authors

Sarah F. Brosnan, Georgia State UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2009

Abstract

A recent discovery that wild capuchins choose a functionally appropriate tool from a set of apparently similar tools casts new light on our understanding of how animals understand complex tasks.

Comments

This article was originally published in the journal Current Biology. Copyright © 2009 Elsevier Ltd.

The post-peer-reviewed version is available here with the permission of the author.

Recommended Citation

Brosnan, S.F. (2009). Animal behavior: The right tool for the job. Current Biology, 19(3): R124-125. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.12.001