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Chimpanzee wooden tool analysis advances the identification of percussive technology

The ability of humans to mediate environmental variation through tool use is likely the key to our success. However, our current knowledge of early cultural evolution derives almost exclusively from studies of stone tools and fossil bones found in the archaeological record. Tools made of plants are...

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Autores principales: Luncz, Lydia V., Braun, David R., Marreiros, Joao, Bamford, Marion, Zeng, Chen, Pacome, Serge Soiret, Junghenn, Patrick, Buckley, Zachary, Yao, Xinyu, Carvalho, Susana
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Publicado: Elsevier 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9593238/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36304114
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2022.105315
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author Luncz, Lydia V.
Braun, David R.
Marreiros, Joao
Bamford, Marion
Zeng, Chen
Pacome, Serge Soiret
Junghenn, Patrick
Buckley, Zachary
Yao, Xinyu
Carvalho, Susana
author_facet Luncz, Lydia V.
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Bamford, Marion
Zeng, Chen
Pacome, Serge Soiret
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description The ability of humans to mediate environmental variation through tool use is likely the key to our success. However, our current knowledge of early cultural evolution derives almost exclusively from studies of stone tools and fossil bones found in the archaeological record. Tools made of plants are intrinsically perishable, and as such are almost entirely absent in the early record of human material culture. Modern human societies as well as nonhuman primate species use plant materials for tools far more often than stone, suggesting that current archaeological data are missing a substantial component of ancient technology. Here, we develop methods that quantify internal and external damage pattern in percussive wooden tools of living primates. Our work shows that the inflicted damage is irreversible, potentially persisting throughout fossilization processes. This research presents opportunities to investigate organic artifacts, a significant and highly neglected aspect of technological evolution within the Primate order.
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spelling pubmed-95932382022-10-26 Chimpanzee wooden tool analysis advances the identification of percussive technology Luncz, Lydia V. Braun, David R. Marreiros, Joao Bamford, Marion Zeng, Chen Pacome, Serge Soiret Junghenn, Patrick Buckley, Zachary Yao, Xinyu Carvalho, Susana iScience Article The ability of humans to mediate environmental variation through tool use is likely the key to our success. However, our current knowledge of early cultural evolution derives almost exclusively from studies of stone tools and fossil bones found in the archaeological record. Tools made of plants are intrinsically perishable, and as such are almost entirely absent in the early record of human material culture. Modern human societies as well as nonhuman primate species use plant materials for tools far more often than stone, suggesting that current archaeological data are missing a substantial component of ancient technology. Here, we develop methods that quantify internal and external damage pattern in percussive wooden tools of living primates. Our work shows that the inflicted damage is irreversible, potentially persisting throughout fossilization processes. This research presents opportunities to investigate organic artifacts, a significant and highly neglected aspect of technological evolution within the Primate order. Elsevier 2022-10-10 /pmc/articles/PMC9593238/ /pubmed/36304114 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2022.105315 Text en © 2022 The Author(s) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Bamford, Marion
Zeng, Chen
Pacome, Serge Soiret
Junghenn, Patrick
Buckley, Zachary
Yao, Xinyu
Carvalho, Susana
Chimpanzee wooden tool analysis advances the identification of percussive technology
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9593238/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36304114
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2022.105315
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