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Apes Save Tools for Future Use
Abstract
Planning for future needs, not just current ones, is one of the most formidable human cognitive achievements. Whether this skill is a uniquely human adaptation is a controversial issue. In a study we conducted, bonobos and orangutans selected, transported, and saved appropriate tools above baseline levels to use them 1 hour later (experiment 1). Experiment 2 extended these results to a 14-hour delay between collecting and using the tools. Experiment 3 showed that seeing the apparatus during tool selection was not necessary to succeed. These findings suggest that the precursor skills for planning for the future evolved in great apes before 14 million years ago, when all extant great ape species shared a common ancestor.
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“In similar experiments, apes also appear to plan for future possibilities by choosing and retaining appropriate tools for future use [167,168].”
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“recent experimental studies have shown evidence for planning in chimpanzees, bonobos and orangutans”
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- Authors
- Mulcahy, N. J., & Call, J.
- Affiliations
- Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology (DE)
- Corresponding author
- Call, Josep
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 2006-05-19
- Volume
- 312
- Issue
- 5776
- Pages
- 1038-1040
- ISSN
- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
- OpenAlex
- W2033421187
- Cited by
- 578
- References
- 16
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 38.30
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Science (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (submittedVersion)
- MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Primate Behavior and Ecology
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Child and Animal Learning Development
- Social Sciences › Anthropology › Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
- Keywords
- tool use, future planning, tool selection, bonobos, orangutans, great apes, cognitive evolution, human evolution, delay of gratification, common ancestor
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Association Learning, Pan troglodytes, Cognition, Biological Evolution, Mental Processes, Pongo pygmaeus, Pan paniscus
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