#tool-use

#tool-use

Chimpanzees use tools, form lasting social bonds, patrol and kill neighbouring group members, and victorious groups can gain significant benefits from such warfare.

Wild wolves have been observed using ropes as tools to pull submerged crab traps, expanding known nonhuman tool use beyond previously documented species.

Relatively longer thumbs in primates are associated with larger brain size, indicating co-evolution of manual dexterity and encephalization.

Children's adherence to conventions can lead to overimitation, even of inefficient tools.

A speeded trial showed children less inclined to choose inefficient tools under time pressure.

COVID-19 might have affected how children imitate behaviors, blurring lines between conventional and instrumental learning.