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RE: Homo not the only tool maker... discovered by accident

in #origins8 years ago

Nice, this intuition probably took years to develop and now you get to rely on it. Some people may call it lucky, I call it deep expertise.

What do you think about chimps making tools for getting ants and termites?

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Yup, we used to think we were the only ones to use tools until... there is also an element of manufacture here, but sticks twigs and grass are a long cognitive leap from manufactured stone tool kits

Though when the anthropologists have tried to use twigs and grass to get some termites or ants, they have been quite unsuccessful. ;)

We use to catch termites with a grass stalk as kids, not hard if you have the right termites.