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From: Charles D Hixson <charleshixsn@earthlink.net>
>
> Actually there are a great many animals and birds that use tools.
> To what extent this is culture is, to me at least, quite uncertain,
> but it doesn't take much smarts. One of the Galopagos finches uses
> a cactus thorn to pry insects out of crevices. Clearly tool use.
> I'd certainly be hesitant to extrapolate from that to an increasing
> intelligence, however.
> --
On this subject I would recommend a great little book by J. T. Bonner, _The
Evolution of Culture in Animals_.
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