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Rapid trial-and-error learning with simulation supports flexible tool use and physical reasoning
Kelsey R. Allen
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Kevin A. Smith
, and
Joshua B. Tenenbaum
PNAS
November 24, 2020
117
(47)
29302-29310;
first published November 23, 2020.
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1912341117
Open Access
Evidence of tool use in a seabird
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Annette L. Fayet
,
Erpur Snær Hansen
, and
Dora Biro
PNAS
January 21, 2020
117
(3)
1277-1279;
first published December 30, 2019.
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1918060117
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Evidence of tool use in a seabird
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Dec 30, 2019
Tool-using puffins prickle the puzzle of cognitive evolution
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Jan 22, 2020
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Reply to Auersperg et al.: Puffin tool use is no fluke
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May 19, 2020
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Teaching varies with task complexity in wild chimpanzees
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Stephanie Musgrave
,
Elizabeth Lonsdorf
,
David Morgan
,
Madison Prestipino
,
Laura Bernstein-Kurtycz
,
Roger Mundry
, and
Crickette Sanz
PNAS
January 14, 2020
117
(2)
969-976;
first published December 23, 2019.
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1907476116
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Wild chimpanzees scaffold youngsters’ learning in a high-tech community
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S. I. Han
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H. C. Astley
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D. D. Maksuta
, and
T. A. Blackledge
PNAS
June 11, 2019
116
(24)
12060-12065;
first published May 13, 2019.
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1821419116
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Yonat Eshchar
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Elisabetta Visalberghi
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Briseida Resende
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Kellie Laity
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Patrícia Izar
PNAS
July 25, 2017
114
(30)
7798-7805;
first published July 24, 2017.
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1621071114
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Sensorimotor-independent development of hands and tools selectivity in the visual cortex
Ella Striem-Amit
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Gilles Vannuscorps
, and
Alfonso Caramazza
PNAS
May 2, 2017
114
(18)
4787-4792;
first published April 17, 2017.
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1620289114
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Cultural assemblages show nested structure in humans and chimpanzees but not orangutans
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Quentin D. Atkinson
PNAS
January 7, 2014
111
(1)
111-115;
first published December 9, 2013.
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1313318110
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When pliers become fingers in the monkey motor system
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L. Escola
,
I. Intskirveli
,
F. Grammont
,
M. Rochat
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F. Caruana
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A. Jezzini
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V. Gallese
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G. Rizzolatti
PNAS
February 12, 2008
105
(6)
2209-2213;
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https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0705985105