Local variation of tools and tool use among wild chimpanzee populations

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The most distinctive cultural behaviour of the wild chimpanzee is tool use and tool-making behaviour. Tools can be extensively examined in the field as well as in the laboratory because the tool is usually left at the workplace. Thus the investigation can be extended throughout the distribution range of chimpanzees although the intensive observation of the animals themselves is very difficult for most of the few local populations in the world. It is easier to exchange and compare information collected by different researchers on the material, size, shape, and sometimes even the technique than it is to compare behavioural information. In order to construct a framework of material culture for wild chimpanzees, focusing on tools and tool behaviour, the appropriate information was collected and compared in an attempt to establish factors leading to local differences and the development of a culture.

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