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 ...

In the early 20th century, scientists maintained that one of the fundamental differences between animals and humans is that ...

Monkey Tool Use use tools to help them procure food. Researchers writing in the current issue of Science report having spotted capuchins in the Caatinga forests of northeastern Brazil regularly using ...

A capuchin monkey in Costa Rica. Scientists studying the stone-smashing habits of bearded capuchin monkeys in Brazil have found that the primates inadvertently produce stone flakes that look very ...

HENAN PROVINCE, China — A capuchin monkey at a zoo in Central China is a little too smart for its own good. A video released by the Zhengzhou Zoo in Henan Province shows the animal using a rock to ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Primates have larger brains than most other mammals of their size. This gives them advanced ...

On a remote Panamanian island, researchers have observed for the very first time young male capuchin monkeys stealing howler monkey babies, according to a new study. Since 2017, researchers have used ...

We humans are nothing if not inventive. Our innovations have come to underpin virtually every facet of daily life—from what we eat to how we communicate. This ingenuity is intrinsically linked to both ...

Primates are a group of mammals that includes humans and our close relatives, such as apes, monkeys and lemurs. Monkeys, such as capuchins and macaques; prosimians, like lemurs and tarsiers; lesser ...