Elliot Howard-Spink

@ehowaspi.bsky.social

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Researching primate behaviours | Postdoc at UZH Evo Anthro & NCCR Evolving Language | Former Postdoc at MPI Animal Behavior & DPhil at Oxford Biology | Tools & Culture, Language Evo, Development & Senescence | He/They 🌈

Figure 1. Examples of peering in foraging contexts across different primate species. Examples of peering at foraging using tools: (a) West African chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus; photo: T. Matsuzawa). An immature female (left) and an immature male (right) peer at their mother (center) cracking oil-palm nuts (Elaeis guineensis) using stone tools during a long-term naturalistic field experiment at Bossou, Guinea. (b) Sumatran orangutans (Pongo abelii; photo: G. Duvot). An immature orangutan peers at their mother performing extractive foraging using a stick tool. Examples of peering at foraging without tools: (c) Bonobos (Pan paniscus; photo: B. Fruth). (d) Chacma baboons (Papio ursinus; photo: E. Fernàndez-Fueyo). (e) Vervet monkeys (Chlorocebus pygerythrus; photo: L. Schad). (f) Panamanian white faced capuchin monkeys (Cebus imitator; photo: B Barrett).