first gis analysis of modern stone tools used by wild chimpanzees (pan troglodytes verus) in bossou, guinea, west africa. | stone tool use by wild chimpanzees of west africa offers a unique opportunity to explore the evolutionary roots of technology during human evolution. however, detailed analyses of chimpanzee stone artifacts are still lacking, thus precluding a comparison with the earliest archaeological record. this paper presents the first systematic study of stone tools used by wild chimpanzees to crack open nuts in bossou (guinea-conakry), and applies pioneering analytical techniques to such artifacts. automa ... | 2015 | 25793642 |