DakarAdult chimpanzees in Senegal hand tools to youngsters.
The finding challenges the idea that only humans teach their young.
Teaching requires a cost to the giver and faster learning for the receiver, criteria long thought uniquely human.
Researchers have not yet confirmed the youngsters learned the skill faster.
How each outlet framed it
- Phys.org
- identifies tool transfer as form of maternal teaching in chimps, beyond observation and practice
Sources: Phys.org