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Study finds chimpanzees actively teach tool use to their offspring

Frontiers in Psychology paper describes chimp 'tool transfer' teaching

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The published study concludes that adult chimpanzees, primarily mothers, model tool use and then hand tools to infants so they can imitate the motions, describing this food/tool transfer as a form of teaching alongside observation and supervised practice.

Frontiers in Psychology paper describes chimp 'tool transfer' teaching
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“Tool transfers thus appear to be a form of teaching, together with observation and supervised practice. It appears that mothers are the main models and teachers for young chimpanzees in this manner.”

Andreu Sánchez-Megías

Andreu Sánchez-Megías Study co-authorUniversity of Barcelona / Jane Goodall Institute Spain Research institutions behind the study

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