Review Article

Complex Tasks Force Hand Laterality and Technological Behaviour in Naturalistically Housed Chimpanzees: Inferences in Hominin Evolution

Table 1

Hand preferences and consistency for simple reaching and hose task at the FM chimpanzees. R: right-hand preference. L: left-hand preference. A: Nonpreferent.

SubjectHand preferenceHand preferenceConsistency
Simple reachingHose task

BongoRRYes
CharlyLRNo
JulioLRYes
JuanitoARNo
MarcoRRYes
NicoRRYes
PanchoRRYes
RomieLLYes
SaraRLNo
TicoRLNo
ToniLRNo
TotoRRYes
VictorRRYes
WatyALNo