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University of Tübingen: Orangutans show prerequisites for working with stone tools

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The basic skills for using stone tools could be much more widespread among primates than previously thought: A study by the University of Tübingen, the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig and the University of Barcelona shows that orangutans spontaneously breed without prior training are able to recognize and use sharp stones as […]