Data-Driven Inference Reveals Distinct and Conserved Dynamic Pathways of Tool Use Emergence across Animal Taxa

Summary: Tool use is a striking aspect of animal behavior, but it is hard to infer how the capacity for different types of tool use emerged across animal taxa. Here we address this question with HyperTraPS, a statistical approach that uses contemporary observations to infer the likely orderings in w...

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Main Authors: Iain G. Johnston, Ellen C. Røyrvik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-06-01
Series:iScience
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004220304314