Afterword - Chimpanzee stick use culture in Western Uganda: not so limited after all, and what this means

Abstract

For the last two decades, a persistent impression in the literature has been that Ugandan chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) cultures were limited compared to those of other African chimpanzee populations (e.g. McGrew, 2010). The three long-term habituated Western Ugandan chimpanzee communities (the Sonso community of Budongo Forest, and the Kanyawara and Ngogo communities of Kibale Forest) display roughly half as many tools as found in other chimpanzee communities, both within East ...