Article Dans Une Revue Communications Biology Année : 2025

Social tolerance and role model diversity increase tool use learning opportunities across chimpanzee ontogeny

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Social learning opportunities shape cognitive skills across species, especially in humans. Although the social environment impacts learning opportunities, the benefits of role model diversity and tolerance on task learning in tool-using species remain poorly understood. To explore these links, we study 2343 peering events (close-range observation of a conspecific) from 35 wild immature (<10 y) chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus). We find that chimpanzee peering functions to acquire information more than food, persists during development while peaking around weaning age, and increases with food processing complexity. Role models change throughout development, with increased peering at mothers during early stages and for more complex tasks. Finally, immatures observe many role models, favouring older and more tolerant individuals. We conclude that chimpanzees learn from multiple tolerant individuals, particularly when acquiring complex skills like tool use. Tolerant societies may be necessary for the acquisition and retention of the diverse tool kits rarely found in nature.

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hal-05024767 , version 1 (08-04-2025)

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Oscar Nodé-Langlois, Eléonore Rolland, Cédric Girard-Buttoz, Liran Samuni, Pier Francesco Ferrari, et al.. Social tolerance and role model diversity increase tool use learning opportunities across chimpanzee ontogeny. Communications Biology, 2025, 8 (1), pp.509. ⟨10.1038/s42003-025-07885-4⟩. ⟨hal-05024767⟩
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