In recent decades, an accelerating research effort has exploited a substantial diversity of
methodologies to garner mounting evidence for social learning and culture in many species …

Most nonhuman primates prey on vertebrates. Meat-eating, defined as ingestion of
vertebrate tissue, occurs in 12 families,≥ 39 genera, and≥ 89 species. It is most common in …

Cumulative technological culture (CTC) refers to the increase in the efficiency and
complexity of tools and techniques in human populations over generations. A fascinating …

Habitual reliance on tool use is a marked behavioural difference between wild robust (genus
Sapajus) and gracile (genus Cebus) capuchin monkeys. Despite being well studied and …

Animals (including humans) use objects to solve problems or accomplish goals in diverse
ways. Sometimes while doing so they achieve a mechanical effect on a target object or …

Highlights•Tool use is habitual in several capuchins populations and is a valuable source of
information about physical cognition.-Those studies are on the rise and are a source of …

Animals foraging in their natural environments need to be proficient at recognizing and
responding to changes in food targets that affect accessibility or pose a risk. Wild bearded …

The use of pounding stone tools (PSTs) is a customary behaviour in several wild
populations of capuchin monkeys; most of these monkeys use PSTs primarily to open hard …

Primates employ different tools and techniques to overcome the challenges of obtaining
underground food resources. Humans and chimpanzees are known to tackle this problem …

The effects of culture on individual cognition have become a core issue among cultural
primatologists. Field studies with wild populations provide evidence on the role of social …