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Chimpanzee accumulative stone throwing

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Date
29/02/2016
Author
Kühl, Hjalmar S.
Kalan, Ammie K.
Arandjelovic, Mimi
Aubert, Floris
D’Auvergne, Lucy
Goedmakers, Annemarie
Jones, Sorrel
Kehoe, Laura
Regnaut, Sebastien
Tickle, Alexander
Ton, Els
van Schijndel, Joost
Abwe, Ekwoge E.
Angedakin, Samuel
Agbor, Anthony
Ayimisin, Emmanuel Ayuk
Bailey, Emma
Bessone, Mattia
Bonnet, Matthieu
Brazolla, Gregory
Buh, Valentine Ebua
Chancellor, Rebecca
Cipoletta, Chloe
Cohen, Heather
Corogenes, Katherine
Coupland, Charlotte
Curran, Bryan
Deschner, Tobias
Dierks, Karsten
Dieguez, Paula
Dilambaka, Emmanuel
Diotoh, Orume
Dowd, Dervla
Dunn, Andrew
Eshuis, Henk
Fernandez, Rumen
Ginath, Yisa
Hart, John
Hedwig, Daniela
Ter Heegde, Martijn
Hicks, Thurston Cleveland
Imong, Inaoyom
Jeffery, Kathryn J.
Junker, Jessica
Kadam, Parag
Kambi, Mohamed
Kienast, Ivonne
Kujirakwinja, Deo
Langergraber, Kevin
Lapeyre, Vincent
Lapuente, Juan
Lee, Kevin
Leinert, Vera
Meier, Amelia
Maretti, Giovanna
Marrocoli, Sergio
Mbi, Tanyi Julius
Mihindou, Vianet
Moebius, Yasmin
Morgan, David
Morgan, Bethan
Mulindahabi, Felix
Murai, Mizuki
Niyigabae, Protais
Normand, Emma
Ntare, Nicolas
Ormsby, Lucy Jayne
Piel, Alex
Pruetz, Jill
Rundus, Aaron
Sanz, Crickette
Sommer, Volker
Stewart, Fiona
Tagg, Nikki
Vanleeuwe, Hilde
Vergnes, Virginie
Willie, Jacob
Wittig, Roman Martin
Zuberbuehler, Klaus
Boesch, Christophe
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QL Zoology
BF Psychology
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Abstract
The study of the archaeological remains of fossil hominins must rely on reconstructions to elucidate the behaviour that may have resulted in particular stone tools and their accumulation. Comparatively, stone tool use among living primates has illuminated behaviours that are also amenable to archaeological examination, permitting direct observations of the behaviour leading to artefacts and their assemblages to be incorporated. Here, we describe newly discovered stone tool-use behaviour and stone accumulation sites in wild chimpanzees reminiscent of human cairns. In addition to data from 17 mid- to long-term chimpanzee research sites, we sampled a further 34 Pan troglodytes communities. We found four populations in West Africa where chimpanzees habitually bang and throw rocks against trees, or toss them into tree cavities, resulting in conspicuous stone accumulations at these sites. This represents the first record of repeated observations of individual chimpanzees exhibiting stone tool use for a purpose other than extractive foraging at what appear to be targeted trees. The ritualized behavioural display and collection of artefacts at particular locations observed in chimpanzee accumulative stone throwing may have implications for the inferences that can be drawn from archaeological stone assemblages and the origins of ritual sites.
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Kühl , H S , Kalan , A K , Arandjelovic , M , Aubert , F , D’Auvergne , L , Goedmakers , A , Jones , S , Kehoe , L , Regnaut , S , Tickle , A , Ton , E , van Schijndel , J , Abwe , E E , Angedakin , S , Agbor , A , Ayimisin , E A , Bailey , E , Bessone , M , Bonnet , M , Brazolla , G , Buh , V E , Chancellor , R , Cipoletta , C , Cohen , H , Corogenes , K , Coupland , C , Curran , B , Deschner , T , Dierks , K , Dieguez , P , Dilambaka , E , Diotoh , O , Dowd , D , Dunn , A , Eshuis , H , Fernandez , R , Ginath , Y , Hart , J , Hedwig , D , Ter Heegde , M , Hicks , T C , Imong , I , Jeffery , K J , Junker , J , Kadam , P , Kambi , M , Kienast , I , Kujirakwinja , D , Langergraber , K , Lapeyre , V , Lapuente , J , Lee , K , Leinert , V , Meier , A , Maretti , G , Marrocoli , S , Mbi , T J , Mihindou , V , Moebius , Y , Morgan , D , Morgan , B , Mulindahabi , F , Murai , M , Niyigabae , P , Normand , E , Ntare , N , Ormsby , L J , Piel , A , Pruetz , J , Rundus , A , Sanz , C , Sommer , V , Stewart , F , Tagg , N , Vanleeuwe , H , Vergnes , V , Willie , J , Wittig , R M , Zuberbuehler , K & Boesch , C 2016 , ' Chimpanzee accumulative stone throwing ' , Scientific Reports , vol. 6 , 22219 . https://doi.org/10.1038/srep22219
Publication
Scientific Reports
Status
Peer reviewed
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/srep22219
ISSN
2045-2322
Type
Journal article
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Copyright 2016 the Authors. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if the material is not included under the Creative Commons license, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder to reproduce the material. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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The authors would like to thank the Max Planck Society and Krekeler Foundation for generous funding of the Pan African Programme.
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http://hdl.handle.net/10023/8348

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