| Wild Bearded Capuchins Process Cashew Nuts Without Contacting Caustic Compounds. | |
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PMID: 23300054 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Complex and flexible food processing was a key element for the evolutionary success of hominins, enlarging the range of exploitable foods while enabling occupation of new habitats. Only a few primate species crack open encased food by using percussive tools and/or avoid physical contact with irritant compounds by removing the structures containing them. We describe, for the first time, how a population of bearded capuchin monkeys (Sapajus libidinosus) accesses the nutritious kernel of cashew nuts avoiding the caustic chemicals protecting it. Two processing strategies, namely rubbing/piercing and stone tool use, are used according to maturity of the nuts. The frequency of cashew nuts processing increases with capuchin age, and the same set of processing strategies appears to be absent in other capuchin populations, making cashew nuts processing an excellent candidate for social transmission. Am. J. Primatol. 00:1-7, 2013. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. |
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Giulia Sirianni; Elisabetta Visalberghi |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2013-1-8 |
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Title: American journal of primatology Volume: - ISSN: 1098-2345 ISO Abbreviation: Am. J. Primatol. Publication Date: 2013 Jan |
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Created Date: 2013-1-9 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8108949 Medline TA: Am J Primatol Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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© 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. |
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Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie della Cognizione, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Rome, Italy; Department of Primatology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany. |
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