@article {313101,
	title = {Tool use for corpse cleaning in chimpanzees},
	journal = {Scientific Reports},
	volume = {7},
	year = {2017},
	month = {2017/03/13},
	pages = {44091 - },
	abstract = {<p><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Lora, Palatino, Times, {\textquoteright}Times New Roman{\textquoteright}, serif; font-size: 17px; letter-spacing: 0.17000000178813934px;">For the first time, chimpanzees have been observed using tools to clean the corpse of a deceased group member. A female chimpanzee sat down at the dead body of a young male, selected a firm stem of grass, and started to intently remove debris from his teeth. This report contributes novel behaviour to the chimpanzee{\textquoteright}s ethogram, and highlights how crucial information for reconstructing the evolutionary origins of human mortuary practices may be missed by refraining from developing adequate observation techniques to capture non-human animals{\textquoteright} death responses.</span></p>
},
	doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep44091},
	url = {http://www.nature.com/articles/srep44091},
	author = {van Leeuwen, Edwin J. C. and Cronin, Katherine A. and Haun, Daniel B. M.}
}
