Old age variably impacts chimpanzee engagement and efficiency in stone tool use
Elliot Howard-Spink, Tetsuro Matsuzawa, Susana Carvalho, Catherine Hobaiter, Katarina Almeida‐Warren, Thibaud Gruber, Dora Biro
This study examines how aging affects nut-cracking behavior in wild chimpanzees, finding age-related declines in engagement and efficiency with individual variability.
bioRxiv · Nov 25, 2024Animal Behavior & Cognition