Tool use has allowed humans to become one of the most successful species. However, tool-assisted foraging has also pushed many of our prey species to extinction or endangerment, a technology-driven process thought to be uniquely human. Here, we demonstrate that tool-assisted foraging on shellfish by long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis) in Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park, Thailand, reduces prey size and prey abundance, with more pronounced effects where the macaque population size is larger.
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Technology Partners: MimirTech
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/resource-depletion-through-primate-stone-technology
[2] https://elifesciences.org/articles/23647
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/lydia-v-luncz
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/amanda-tan
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/michael-haslam-et-al
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/elife
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/monkey
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/endangered-species
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/thailand
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/fish
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/research
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wildlife
