If you give a monkey an onion...

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Capuchin monkeys love smelly things - science tells us why...

The Journal article: http://www.nature.com/articles/srep15030

Edinburgh Zoo and Living Links: http://www.edinburghzoo.org.uk/animals-attractions/animals/brown-capuchin-monkey/

The Authors:
Mark Bowler University of St Andrews & San Diego Zoo Global
Emily Messer University of St. Andrews and Heriot-Watt University
Nicolas Claidière University of St. Andrews & Aix-Marseille University
Andy Whiten University of St Andrews

The Living Links to Human Evolution Research Centre was funded by a Strategic Research and Development Grant from the Scottish Funding Council. This research was made possible through Wellcome Trust grants WT094440MA and WT098133A to A. Whiten. The study was begun while NC was supported by a Research Fellowship from the Fyssen Foundation and later by a John Templeton Foundation grant to AW. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. For their collaboration we thank Sophie Pearson and the other keepers, volunteers and store staff at Edinburgh Zoo, and the researchers and volunteers at Living Links. We thank research assistant Lisseth Lavajos for coding the ‘body part’ analysis.