“to extract termites. Captured monkeys will open clams by…” — Dwarkesh Podcast at 49:34
“to extract termites. Captured monkeys will open clams by smashing them with rock. So there's bits of tool use. But what they don't have is the ability to sustain culture. A particular primate will maybe discover one of these tactics, and maybe it'll be copied by their immediate group. But they're not holding onto it…”
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