Hacker News with Generative AI: Primates

Chimpanzees' stone tool choices may mirror ancient human ancestors' techniques (phys.org)
An international team of paleobiologists, anthropologists and behavioral scientists has found that the process used by modern chimps to select tools for cracking nuts may be similar to how ancient human ancestors chose their tools.
Chimpanzees, Archaeology, Primates, Tool Use, Ancient Humans
35 points by pseudolus 14 days ago | 22 comments
The Human Brain in Numbers: A Linearly Scaled-Up Primate Brain (nlm.nih.gov)
The human brain has often been viewed as outstanding among mammalian brains: the most cognitively able, the largest-than-expected from body size, endowed with an overdeveloped cerebral cortex that represents over 80% of brain mass, and purportedly containing 100 billion neurons and 10× more glial cells.
Neuroscience, Biology, Human Brain, Evolution, Primates
8 points by robertclaus 116 days ago | 0 comments
Marmoset Monkeys Use Unique Calls to Name Each Other (neurosciencenews.com)
Animal Behavior, Communication, Primates
5 points by yyyk 138 days ago | 0 comments
Marmosets use specific 'names' for one another, study finds (theguardian.com)
Animal Behavior, Primates, Research, Communication
8 points by hackernj 141 days ago | 0 comments