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White Faced Capuchin

A team of researchers from the United Kingdom and Canada has sequenced the genome of the white-faced capuchin (Cebus imitator), a medium-sized New World monkey of the family Cebidae. The white-faced capuchin (Cebus imitator) in Panama. Image credit: Charles J. Sharp, Sharp Photography, sharpphotography.co.uk / CC BY-SA 4.0. White-faced capuchin …

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Brazilian Capuchin Monkeys Unintentionally Make Sharp-Edged Stone Flakes

A University of Oxford-led team of scientists has observed bearded capuchins (Sapajus libidinosus) in Brazil deliberately break stones, unintentionally producing sharp-edged flakes that have the characteristics and morphology of intentionally produced hominin tools. Examples of flaked stones produced by bearded capuchins (Sapajus libidinosus). Scale bars – 5?cm. Image credit: Tomos …

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