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Rapid, in-field deployable, avian influenza virus haemagglutinin characterisation tool using MinION technology.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Scientific reports [Sci Rep] 2022 Jul 13; Vol. 12 (1), pp. 11886. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Jul 13.
Abstract: Outbreaks of avian influenza virus (AIV) from wild waterfowl into the poultry industry is of upmost significance and is an ongoing and constant threat to the industry. Accurate surveillance of AIV in wild waterfowl is critical in understanding viral di...
Surfactant affects the tool use behavior of foraging ants.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Ecotoxicology and environmental safety [Ecotoxicol Environ Saf] 2022 Jun 15; Vol. 238, pp. 113592. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 May 05.
Abstract: Surfactants are commonly used in detergents, soaps and agrichemical products. After use, the residual surfactants can be dispersed into environmental compartments, directly or indirectly affecting aquatic and terrestrial organisms. Ants are one of the ...
Archaeology of the Perishable: Ecological Constraints and Cultural Variants in Chimpanzee Termite Fishing.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Current Anthropology. Jun2021, Vol. 62 Issue 3, p333-362. 30p. 3 Color Photographs, 1 Diagram, 4 Charts, 2 Graphs.
Abstract: Selection and transport of materials for tools is ubiquitous throughout our species' evolutionary history. Yet our understanding of early human material culture is heavily skewed toward lithic technology. This poses challenges when reconstructing our t...
Einstein of the Sea.
Publication Type: Periodical
Source(s): Scientific American. Jun2016, Vol. 314 Issue 6, p66-69. 4p. 8 Color Photographs.
Abstract: The article discusses tool use in fish, adapted from the book "What a Fish Knows: The Inner Lives of Our Underwater Cousins, by Jonathan Balcombe, including in regard to cognition in fishes. An overview of tool use by the orange-dotted tuskfish (Choero...
THE OTHER TOOL USERS.
Publication Type: Periodical
Source(s): Scientific American; Mar2019, Vol. 320 Issue 3, p64-69, 6p, 3 Color Photographs
Abstract: The article discusses archaeologists' excavation of stone tools left by nonhuman primates and the study of these tools to determine the origins of human and nonhuman technological innovation.
Bearded capuchin monkeys use joint synergies to stabilize the hammer trajectory while cracking nuts in bipedal stance.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 10/24/2018, Vol. 285 Issue 1889, p1-10. 10p.
Abstract: The transition from occasional to obligate bipedalism is a milestone in human evolution. However, because the fossil record is fragmentary and reconstructing behaviour from fossils is difficult, changes in the motor control strategies that accompanied ...
Wild chimpanzees select tool material based on efficiency and knowledge.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 10/10/2018, Vol. 285 Issue 1888, p1-9. 9p.
Abstract: Some animals have basic culture, but to date there is not much evidence that cultural traits evolve as part of a cumulative process as seen in humans. This may be due to limits in animal physical cognition, such as an inability to compare the efficienc...
What is 'in situ'? A reply to Harmand et al. (2015).
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Journal of human evolution [J Hum Evol] 2020 May; Vol. 142, pp. 102740. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Apr 01.
Tool-use training temporarily enhances cognitive performance in long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis).
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Animal Cognition. May2018, Vol. 21 Issue 3, p365-378. 14p.
Abstract: Tool use relies on numerous cognitive functions, including sustained attention and understanding of causality. In this study, we investigated the effects of tool-use training on cognitive performance in primates. Specifically, we applied the Primate Co...
Nuthatch uses tool in London park.
Publication Type: Academic Journal
Source(s): Ethology. Feb2018, Vol. 124 Issue 2, p135-138. 4p.
Abstract: Abstract: Here, we report an observation of a Eurasian nuthatch Sitta europaea foraging with a tool in a public park in Greater London, UK. This record is of significance, as it provides the first photographic evidence (to our knowledge) of nuthatch to...