Capuchin monkey tool use and Léon Croizat's ideas on the

Riv Biol Biol Forum · Sep 2002

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Capuchin monkey tool use and Léon Croizat's ideas on the evolution of human behavior.

This note reviews Léon Croizat's ideas about the evolution of human behavior, based on his evaluation of the tool use capabilities of a capuchin monkey. Croizat theorized mainly on his orthogenetic view to explain such behavior. Interesting enough is the timeframe (1962) and context of his statement and the monkey's model used for such explanation. In this direction, some comments are provided considering the current knowledge of capuchin tool using and its potential implications for modeling hominid evolution.

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- Bernardo Urbani.
- Departamento de Biología de Organismos, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Caracas, Venezuela. burbani@uiuc.edu
- Riv Biol Biol Forum. 2002 Sep 1;95(3):491-5.
AbstractThis note reviews Léon Croizat's ideas about the evolution of human behavior, based on his evaluation of the tool use capabilities of a capuchin monkey. Croizat theorized mainly on his orthogenetic view to explain such behavior. Interesting enough is the timeframe (1962) and context of his statement and the monkey's model used for such explanation. In this direction, some comments are provided considering the current knowledge of capuchin tool using and its potential implications for modeling hominid evolution.

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