Monkeys in Brazil routinely use stones and twigs to forage for food, providing more evidence to undermine the belief that man is the only species with the intelligence to make tools. Monkeys in Brazil ...

Some monkeys have learned to use the world around them to their advantage, using stones as tools to break open hard shells, and get to otherwise inaccessible prey. While tool use may open the door to ...

Capuchin monkeys are currently 3.000 years into their own 'Stone Age' as a study reveals 450 generations of the primate have bean using rocks to open cashew nuts. Archaeologists in Brazil found that ...

Brazilian monkeys were using stone tools hundreds, if not thousands, of years ago, and may have inadvertently introduced humans to cashew nuts, scientists have discovered. Archaeological evidence ...

Brazilian capuchins have been monkeying around with stone tools for hundreds of years, Oxford University scientists have discovered. The primates have been observed using stones as hammers and anvils ...

The bearded capuchin (Sapajus libidinosus) is a nimble little monkey found in the forests of northeast Brazil. S. libidinosus is not a particularly picky eater, and will happily chow down on flowers, ...

Academic suggests wise apes may have inspired progress of humankind Humans may have learned to use tools by watching MONKEYS, researchers have suggested. The study shows that monkeys have been using ...

MAN may have learned to use tools by watching MONKEYS, suggests new research. The study shows that monkeys have been using stone tools to crack open cashew nuts for hundreds of years at least. And ...

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We’re not about to find ourselves plunged into the world of Planet of the Apes – but Brazilian capuchin monkeys have entered the Stone Age. In fact, the Brazilian monkeys have been using stone tools ...