Highlights•Tool use is habitual in several capuchins populations and is a valuable source of
information about physical cognition.-Those studies are on the rise and are a source of …

Since the launch of the Journal of Human Evolution fifty years ago, the archaeology of
human origins and the evolution of culture have witnessed major breakthroughs with the …

This comprehensive introductory text integrates evolutionary, ecological, and demographic
perspectives with new results from field studies and contemporary noninvasive molecular …

The human archaeological record changes over time. Finding such change in other animals
requires similar evidence, namely, a long-term sequence of material culture. Here, we apply …

A multimethod archaeometry study (zooarchaeological, isotopic, ancient DNA,
paleobotanical, and radiocarbon dating) of a spider monkey sacrificed in the ceremonial …

Habitual reliance on tool use is a marked behavioural difference between wild robust (genus
Sapajus) and gracile (genus Cebus) capuchin monkeys. Despite being well studied and …

Robust capuchin monkeys (Sapajus) are known for processing mechanically challenging
foods, having morphological adaptations to do so. However, several populations go beyond …

Primates employ different tools and techniques to overcome the challenges of obtaining
underground food resources. Humans and chimpanzees are known to tackle this problem …

Extant primates, especially chimpanzees, are often used as models for pre-modern hominin
(henceforth: hominin) behaviour, anatomy and cognition. In particular, as hominin behaviour …

Populations of bearded capuchin monkeys (Sapajus libidinosus) vary in their tool use
behaviors, with some of this divergence regarded as culturally determined. The use of stone …