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Melissa Johnston1, Donna Kean2, Alex H Taylor3
1School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch 8140, New Zealand.
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Abstract
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Movement tracking using the deep-learning network DeepLabCut has revealed how a species not known for tool use acquires and refines tool skills. This opens the door to detailed cross-species comparisons of the behavioural, cognitive, neural and evolutionary processes that turn naïve actions into expertise.
