Researchers believe that ancient stone tools discovered in Brazil are the work of capuchin monkeys, not early humans, the art and design website Artnet reported, citing an academic article.
that archeologists uncovered what they believe to be ancient stone tools, made from locally occurring quartz and quartzite cobbles during past excavations at Pedra Furada – a collection of over 800 archeological sites in Piauí in northeastern Brazil.
The oldest of the stone tools discovered appear to be up to 50,000 years old, according to the article, which led to some academics theorizing that it provided evidence of early human habitation of the region.The findings showed that capuchin monkeys in northeastern Brazil are capable of making and using a large variety of stone tools.that monkeys – not humans – could be responsible for producing the Pedra Furada discoveries.
"Our review of the evidence suggests that the ancient sites in Brazil do not actually belong to the first Americans, but are actually the product of monkey activity," Federico L. Agnolín
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