Capuchin monkeys use stone tools to crack open cashew nuts - and expand the field of non-human archaeology

The semi-arid region of northeast Brazil offers little for a monkey to eat, except for a variety of hard-shelled fruits and seeds. So when capuchins arrived in this region about half a million years ago, they needed to find a way to access the only food available to them. One ancient bearded capuchin...

Source: Los Angeles Times - Science - July 12, 2016 Category: Science Authors: Sean Greene Source Type: news