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Chimpanzees give youngsters the tools to learn tricky techniques
Two-thirds of a century after Jane Goodall observed "David Greybeard" break off a twig to fashion a fishing rod for termites, researchers following in her footsteps have found that adult chimpanzees in Senegal literally hand youngsters…
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Researchers observing chimpanzees in Senegal found that adult individuals directly hand tools to juveniles, facilitating the youngsters’ acquisition of complex techniques. This behavior echoes Jane Goodall’s 1950s observation of a chimp using a twig as a fishing rod and Darwin’s 1871 note on stone‑nut cracking, highlighting intergenerational tool transmission in the species.
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