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The study investigates the individual, social, and environmental factors shaping tool use in sanctuary-living bonobos, finding that tool use is influenced by developmental factors, exposure to others using tools, and tool availability. The findings highlight the importance of social-learning opportunities and developmental biases in ape tool use, offering insight into conditions that may also have supported the emergence of tool use during hominin evolution.

How do dolphins adapt to vastly different environments? A genomic study of bottlenose dolphins around Australia reveals parallel adaptation to tropical waters and uncovers how evolution, environment, and demographic history shape marine populations.

A new perspective article explores how “peering”, the sustained observation of conspecifics, can reveal social learning in animals. The proposed framework aims to strengthen research on culture, knowledge transmission, and cognitive evolution.

A new computer vision approach enables accurate 3D reconstruction of wild bottlenose dolphins from drone videos. The method captures both body shape and movement in natural settings, opening new possibilities for non-invasive wildlife research.

A new study reveals that adult marmosets learn from one another by continuously adapting their calls. This dynamic vocal learning helps maintain social bonds and may represent an important evolutionary precursor to human language.

By following the direction of an unseen human voice, goats successfully located hidden food in a new study. The findings suggest that domestication may have fostered sophisticated communication skills between humans and animals.

From play to proficiency: Researchers found that young children develop tool-use skills through frequent object manipulation. Social learning opportunities and access to objects play a crucial role in this fundamental aspect of human development.

Convergence and Divergence: Forces Shaping Marmoset Vocal and Social Interactions

Fine-Scale Genomic Diversity and Evolutionary History of Orangutans:
Maternal Persistence, Nuclear Differentiation and Population Vulnerability

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