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Animal Behavior: The Right Tool for the Job

Brosnan, Sarah F.
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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.

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2009-01-01
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tool use, non-human primates
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Brosnan, S.F. (2009). Animal behavior: The right tool for the job. <em>Current Biology, 19</em>(3): R124-125. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.12.001
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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14694/13275
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