They brought oil palms with them. Wading in a stream in Lopé’s forest, Oslisly scratches at the bank and pulls out domesticated palm nuts dating back two millennia. By around 1,500 years ago ...
Researchers analysed 3,882 video-recorded attempts by wild chimpanzees in Bossou, Guinea, to crack open oil palm nuts. The study found that some chimps were highly skilled, ...
Video from 2012 showing the individual variation in nut-cracking efficiency in the Bossou chimpanzees. The first cracker is Peley, a 14-year-old adult male who successfully cracks two oil palm nuts.
Video from 2012 showing the individual variation in nut-cracking efficiency in the Bossou chimpanzees. The first cracker is Peley, a 14-year-old adult male who successfully cracks two oil palm nuts.