Video Four

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Video footage of stone on stone percussive behaviour in wild capuchins, Serra da Capivara National Park. Time stamp 00:10 – Use of quartzite hammerstone refitted in Refit Set 6. Time stamp 00:19 and 02:30 – Examples of hammerstone fracture during use. Time stamp 03:09 – Placement of detached flake on a passive hammer in a behaviour closely resembling hominin bipolar knapping
Credit: T.Proffitt and M. Haslam and the Primate Archaeology Group (University of Oxford)