There is more than one way to crack an oyster : identifying variation in Burmese long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis aurea) stone-tool use

• Main Authors: Tan, Amanda, Tan, Say Hoon, Vyas, Dhaval, Malaivijitnond, Suchinda, Gumert, Michael David
• Other Authors: Petraglia, Michael D.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: DRNTU::Humanities
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/103363; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/25828
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

We explored variation in patterns of percussive stone-tool use on coastal foods by Burmese long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis aurea) from two islands in Laem Son National Park, Ranong, Thailand. We catalogued variation into three hammering classes and 17 action patterns, after examining 638 t...