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How humpback whales use bubbles as a tool
  • Animals
How humpback whales use bubbles as a tool
How humpback whales use bubbles as a tool
Dolphins learn how to use tools from peers, just like great apes
  • Animals
Dolphins learn how to use tools from peers, just like great apes
Dolphins learn how to use tools from peers, just like great apes
These monkeys are 3,000 years into their own 'Stone Age'
  • Science
These monkeys are 3,000 years into their own 'Stone Age'
These monkeys are 3,000 years into their own 'Stone Age'
Jane Goodall’s original tale of chimpanzees still astonishes today
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Jane Goodall’s original tale of chimpanzees still astonishes today
Jane Goodall’s original tale of chimpanzees still astonishes today
Like chess players, these crows can plan several steps ahead
  • Animals
  • Weird & Wild
Like chess players, these crows can plan several steps ahead
Like chess players, these crows can plan several steps ahead
700,000-Year-Old Stone Tools Point to Mysterious Human Relative
  • Genographic
700,000-Year-Old Stone Tools Point to Mysterious Human Relative
700,000-Year-Old Stone Tools Point to Mysterious Human Relative
Oldest Evidence of Right-Handedness Seen in Fossil Jaw
Oldest Evidence of Right-Handedness Seen in Fossil Jaw
Oldest Evidence of Right-Handedness Seen in Fossil Jaw
Oldest Non-Human Stone Tools Outside Africa Created by Monkeys
Oldest Non-Human Stone Tools Outside Africa Created by Monkeys
Oldest Non-Human Stone Tools Outside Africa Created by Monkeys
Here's Why 'Birdbrain' Should Be a Compliment
  • Book Talk
Here's Why 'Birdbrain' Should Be a Compliment
Here's Why 'Birdbrain' Should Be a Compliment
Watch: Octopus Carries Coconut—But Is It Using a Tool?
  • Weird & Wild
Watch: Octopus Carries Coconut—But Is It Using a Tool?
Watch: Octopus Carries Coconut—But Is It Using a Tool?
A viral video shows an octopus toting a coconut as a ready-made shelter, which some biologists call tool use. But not everyone is convinced.
Watch Curious Chimp Knock a Drone Out of the Sky
  • Weird & Wild
Watch Curious Chimp Knock a Drone Out of the Sky
Watch Curious Chimp Knock a Drone Out of the Sky
Trail of Tools Reveals Modern Humans' Path Out of Africa
Trail of Tools Reveals Modern Humans' Path Out of Africa
Trail of Tools Reveals Modern Humans' Path Out of Africa
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