The Science Daily website provides a summary of research examining the tools used by chimpanzees to break open nuts. The key idea here is that different groups of chimpanzees develop in close spatial proximity develop different methods instead of merely imitating a single form of nut breaking. The article can be accessed here: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120510131438.htm
And the original research article is: Lydia V. Luncz, Roger Mundry, Christophe Boesch. Evidence for Cultural Differences between Neighboring Chimpanzee Communities. Current Biology, 2012; DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.03.031 So I guess that there really is more than one way to bust a nut. ;-) -Mike Palij New York University [email protected] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=17761 or send a blank email to leave-17761-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
