[HN Gopher] Some monkeys in Panama may have just stumbled into t...
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       Some monkeys in Panama may have just stumbled into the Stone Age
       (2018)
        
       Author : Anon84
       Score  : 12 points
       Date   : 2024-04-21 21:18 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.newscientist.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.newscientist.com)
        
       | ciconia wrote:
       | https://archive.ph/FS3sN
        
       | smackeyacky wrote:
       | From 2018, so they're probably smelting copper by now.
       | 
       | More seriously, aren't there Otters that use stones to smash open
       | shellfish? I think I'm more impressed that Orcas have decided
       | that tipping over sailboats is a fun pastime.
        
         | Someone wrote:
         | Reading https://www.livescience.com/which-animals-use-stone-
         | tools, the criterion for "entered the Stone Age" weirdly seems
         | to be having a _"recognized archaeological record of stone tool
         | use"_.
         | 
         | Thats lie saying "it hasn't happened if we don't have it on
         | video".
        
       | meristohm wrote:
       | Recent PBS Nature shows are even better than what I remember from
       | childhood. The series on primates shows a group of monkeys using
       | rocks as tools to get food. The recent one on raptors shows an
       | eagle knocking a sheep down a mountain. None of this is
       | surprising if you pay attention to other animals, and it's so
       | cool to see reminders of our similarities.
        
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