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Resource depletion through primate stone technology [1]

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.

Original Source [2]

Publication Date: 
08/09/2017
Lydia V Luncz [3], Amanda Tan [4], Michael Haslam & et al [5]
eLife [6]
1-16
Tags:
Monkey [7], Endangered Species [8], Thailand [9], Fish [10], Research [11], Wildlife [12]
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[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