"Tool Use Behavior" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Modifying, carrying, or manipulating an item external to itself by an animal, before using it to effect a change on the environment or itself (from Beck, Animal Tool Behavior, 1980).
| Descriptor ID |
D053001
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.145.113.840
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| Concept/Terms |
Tool Use Behavior- Tool Use Behavior
- Behavior, Tool Use
- Behaviors, Tool Use
- Tool Use Behaviors
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Tool Use Behavior" by people in Profiles.
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Reappraising the palaeobiology of Australopithecus. Nature. 2023 05; 617(7959):45-54.
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Validation of a Hypoglycemia Risk Stratification Tool Using Data From Continuous Glucose Monitors. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 03 01; 6(3):e236315.
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The ontogeny of termite gathering among chimpanzees in the Goualougo Triangle, Republic of Congo. Am J Phys Anthropol. 2021 02; 174(2):187-200.
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Teaching varies with task complexity in wild chimpanzees. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020 01 14; 117(2):969-976.
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New Caledonian Crows Behave Optimistically after Using Tools. Curr Biol. 2019 08 19; 29(16):2737-2742.e3.
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Tool use for corpse cleaning in chimpanzees. Sci Rep. 2017 03 13; 7:44091.
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Tool transfers are a form of teaching among chimpanzees. Sci Rep. 2016 10 11; 6:34783.
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Taphonomy of fossils from the hominin-bearing deposits at Dikika, Ethiopia. J Hum Evol. 2015 Sep; 86:112-35.
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Chimpanzees create and modify probe tools functionally: A study with zoo-housed chimpanzees. Am J Primatol. 2015 Feb; 77(2):162-70.
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Use of buckets as tools by Western lowland gorillas. Zoo Biol. 2012 Mar-Apr; 31(2):260-6.