How chimps teach their kids tool tricks
Adult chimpanzees teach their offspring how to use tools through a deliberate process of demonstration and participation. By handing over their implements after showing how they are used, adults allow infants to observe and replicate complex behaviors essential for their development.
Adults first demonstrate tool use, then hand over the implements to their infants, who copy the behavior.
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