Producer and scientist Kevin McLean travels to an island off the coast of Panama where researchers have found an isolated group of monkeys with a creative approach to surviving in a challenging environment.
Links
These tiny monkeys have entered their Stone Age with a bang
First report of habitual stone tool use by Cebus monkeys
Habitual Stone-Tool Aided Extractive Foraging in White-Faced Capuchins, Cebus Capucinus
Video of capuchins using tools
Research presentation on social learning by Leakey Foundation grantee Brendan Barrett
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Department for the Ecology of Animal Societies
Claudio Montezo Moreno's biodiversity research website
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