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A study by Visalberghi et al. (2013) on wild capuchin monkeys that crack nuts using stone hammers reveals temporal and spatial patterning of the relics of their technological efforts, confirming that such behaviours can be studied from an archaeological perspective. Nature highlights this article and discusses  it as an excellent example of primate archeology. 

 

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