Wild monkeys flake stone tools

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Tomos Proffitt
Lydia V. Luncz
Tiago Falótico
Eduardo B. Ottoni
Ignacio de la Torre
Michael Haslam
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[1] Primate Archaeology Research Group,
[2] School of Archaeology,undefined
[3] University of Oxford,undefined
[4] Dyson Perrins Building,undefined
[5] Institute of Psychology,undefined
[6] University of São Paulo,undefined
[7] Institute of Archaeology,undefined
[8] University College London,undefined
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Nature | 2016年 / 539卷
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Wild capuchin monkeys in Brazil deliberately break stones, unintentionally producing flakes similar to the ancient sharp-edged flakes characterized as intentionally produced Pliocene–Pleistocene hominin tools, although why they do so remains unclear.
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