Bandini, Elisa (2015) Can naïve chimpanzees use tools? In: University of Birmingham Graduate School Research Poster Conference 2015, 16th June 2015, University of Birmingham. (Unpublished)
Abstract
Algae scooping is a behaviour in which wild chimpanzees in Bossou (Guinea) use tools to feed on aquatic algae by scooping and wrapping algae round the stick. Algae scooping has been suggested to require social learning to develop due to its rarity across other chimpanzee sites in Africa and differences in techniques within the community of Bossou. Here we argue that algae scooping does not necessarily require social transmission to develop but instead is within the chimpanzee’s ‘Zone of Latent Solutions’: their cognitive repertoire.
| Type of Work: | Conference or Workshop Item (Poster) |
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| School/Faculty: | Colleges (2008 onwards) > College of Life & Environmental Sciences |
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| Department: | School of Psychology |
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| Date: | June 2015 |
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| Series/Collection Name: | Prizewinners from the Graduate School Research Poster Conference 2015 |
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology |
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| Copyright Status: | This poster is copyright of the author and/or third parties. The intellectual property rights in respect of this work are as defined by The Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 or as modified by any successor legislation. Any use made of information contained in this poster must be in accordance with that legislation and must be properly acknowledged. |
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| Copyright Holders: | The Author |
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| ID Code: | 2109 |
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