Iowa State Anthropologist Finds Female Chimps More Likely to Use Tools When Hunting
Wednesday, April 15, 2015 - 07:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Iowa State University anthropology professor Jill Pruetz and her research team were the first to observe savanna chimps using tools to hunt prey. Since making that discovery, Pruetz's team has observed more than 300 tool-assisted hunts and found female chimps hunt with tools more than males.