Empiricism · @empiricism
405 followers · 1950 posts · Server sustainability.masto.hostHypothesis. Our ancestors evolved bipedalism as they developed tool use. Hard to prove, but, the hypothesis meets the requirements of an adaptation that would, does, increase reproductive outcomes.
Further reading https://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/human-fossils
#science #ToolUse #evolutionary #hypothesis
#hominoids
#paleontology
#science #tooluse #evolutionary #hypothesis #hominoids #paleontology
fell beast · @g1comics
217 followers · 24756 posts · Server equestria.social
So anyway, horse tools.
Seems some human-adjacent equids have taken to learning tool-based techniques for getting food out of hard to reach places, or escaping from their stalls, or manipulating humans or each other. And they're teaching each other too. Beware, small puny ape things!
https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12151876 #Horse #AnimalBehavior #ToolUse
#horse #animalbehavior #tooluse
rlfswdn · @rlfswdn
15 followers · 523 posts · Server mstdn.scienceSupersmarta kakaduor använder verktygskit
https://www.svt.se/nyheter/vetenskap/supersmarta-kakaduor-anvander-verktygskit
#fagel #intelligens #djur #kakaduor #tooluse #verktyg
Hannes Kaechele · @hannes_kaechele
7 followers · 1944 posts · Server mas.toRT @Tacugama@twitter.com
Joe is doing what he does best: cracking nuts! Bousey and Joko are watching closely to learn the skills from the master.
#chimpanzee #sierraleone #tooluse
#tooluse #sierraleone #chimpanzee
RamenCatholic 🐢 🌈 · @RamenCatholic
124 followers · 1280 posts · Server mindly.socialDoes #Humanity have a responsibility to guide the #evolution of #NonHumanAnimals with #NearHuman attributes?
What combination of attributes define #Personhood ? #language #ToolUse #Sapience #Culture #RespectForTheDead #etc
#WTF is going on with #fungi #mushrooms - are they really the #MissingLink between #Animals and #Plants ? Do #Mycellium networks have #Sentience (are they #brains ?)!?!?
#JoinIn #reblog #retoot
#philosophy #religion #anthropology #sociology
#questionsthatkeepmeup #humanity #evolution #nonhumananimals #nearhuman #personhood #language #tooluse #sapience #culture #respectforthedead #etc #wtf #fungi #mushrooms #MissingLink #animals #plants #mycellium #sentience #brains #joinin #reblog #retoot #philosophy #religion #anthropology #sociology
C. Foix · @CFoix
24 followers · 1461 posts · Server sauropods.winBut we do have to ask ourselves, exactly how brainy were the saurornithoidids, and other nonavian maniraptors? True that an avian grade telencephalon, appears only in these derived coelurosaurs.
But they were at the low end of modern birds: like palaeognaths and galliforms, rather than anseriforms or neoavians. Not likely to be as smart as the accipitrids.
#fire #tooluse #accipitridae #prehodtoricplanet #theropods #behavior #avianintelligence
#fire #tooluse #accipitridae #prehodtoricplanet #theropods #behavior #avianintelligence
Hakai Magazine · @hakaimagazine
460 followers · 35 posts · Server sciencemastodon.com
Do whales use tools? Some say yes! 🛠️🫧🐋
In this photo essay, photojournalist Doug Perrine breaks down the complex ways that whales use bubbles for specific purposes.
#Whales #Tools #Bubbles #BubbleTools #Water #Ocean #Hawaii #BubbleNet #ToolUse #Research #MarineScience #Cetacean #Humpback
https://hakaimagazine.com/videos-visuals/for-humpbacks-bubbles-can-be-tools/
#whales #tools #bubbles #bubbletools #water #ocean #hawaii #bubblenet #tooluse #research #marinescience #cetacean #humpback
Michael Haslam · @twig_technology
22 followers · 2 posts · Server fediscience.orgMy new #TwigTechnology post is garbage.
#animaltooluse #tooluse #octopus #twigtechnology
Eva Reindl · @Miss_Daffodil
47 followers · 8 posts · Server mastodon.socialJust adding a few more professional interests, so that people can find me. Hello again 😊 #CulturalEvolution #CumulativeCulture #DevelopmentalPsychology #ToolUse #Innovation #ExecutiveFunctions #WorkingMemory #Primates #ComparativeCognition #Cognition #AnimalCulture #Cerebellum #EvolutionOfTechnology #SequenceLearning #SequenceCognition #SocialLearning #CausalReasoning
#culturalevolution #cumulativeculture #developmentalpsychology #tooluse #innovation #executivefunctions #workingmemory #primates #comparativecognition #cognition #AnimalCulture #cerebellum #evolutionoftechnology #sequencelearning #sequencecognition #SocialLearning #causalreasoning
fx dechaume-moncharmont · @fxdm
428 followers · 442 posts · Server mamot.fr
The plural of #anecdote is not data : my comment about the PNAS paper reporting tool use in #Puffin that have been observed using stick for preening. #biology #animalbehaviour #bird #tooluse #tool #parsimony
📄 Dechaume-Moncharmont F-X (2020) PCI Ecology:100042 http://dx.doi.org/10.24072/pci.ecology.100042
#anecdote #puffin #biology #animalbehaviour #bird #tooluse #tool #parsimony