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Adaptive bill morphology for enhanced tool manipulation in New Caledonian crows

Early increased sophistication of human tools is thought to be underpinned by adaptive morphology for efficient tool manipulation. Such adaptive specialisation is unknown in nonhuman primates but may have evolved in the New Caledonian crow, which has sophisticated tool manufacture. The straightness...

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Autores principales: Matsui, Hiroshi, Hunt, Gavin R., Oberhofer, Katja, Ogihara, Naomichi, McGowan, Kevin J., Mithraratne, Kumar, Yamasaki, Takeshi, Gray, Russell D., Izawa, Ei-Ichi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4783770/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26955788
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep22776