Publications

Falótico, T., Valença, T., Verderane, M. P., Santana, B. C., & Sirianni, G. (2024). Mapping nut-cracking in a new population of wild capuchin monkeys (Sapajus libidinosus) at Ubajara National Park, Brazil. American Journal of Primatology, 86, e23595. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.23595

Falótico, T., Macedo, A. C., Jesus, M. A. de, Espinola, T., & Valença, T. (in press). Nutcracking success and efficiency in two wild capuchin monkey populations. Royal Society Open Science.

Rufo, H. P., Ferreira, L. G., Ottoni, E. B., Falótico, T. (in press). Toxic tasters: how capuchin monkeys avoid grasshoppers’ chemical defense. Primates.

Sirianni, G., Falótico, T., Caricola, I., Bocioaga, C. M., Lemorini, C., & Spinapolice, E. E. (2024). Hammer-stones to open macaúba nuts and unintentionally flake production in wild bearded capuchin monkeys (Sapajus libidinosus) at Ubajara National Park (Brazil): An archeological approach. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 55, 104472. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2024.104472

 Falótico, T. & Ottoni, E. B. (2023). Greater tool use diversity is associated with increased terrestriality in wild capuchin monkeys. American Journal of Biological Anthropology, 181, 312-317. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.24740

Lima, T., Fam, B., Tavares, G. M., Falótico, T., Cantele, C., Fanti, L., Landau, L., Viscardi, L. H., Vargas-Pinilla, P., Barrientos-Diaz, O., Pissinatti, A., Sortica, V. A., Ottoni, E. B., Segatto, A. L. A., Turchetto-Zolet, A. C., & Bortolini, M. C. (2023). Insights into the evolutionary history of the most skilled tool-handling platyrrhini monkey: Sapajus libidinosus from the Serra da Capivara National Park. Genetics and Molecular Biology, 46(3), e20230165. https://doi.org/10.1590/1678-4685-gmb-2023-0165

Valença, T., & Falótico, T. (2023). Life and death of a disabled wild capuchin monkey infant. Primates, 64, 207-213. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10329-023-01052-1

Fam, B. S. de O., Vargas-Pinilla, P., Paré, P., Landau, L., Viscardi, L. H., Pissinatti, A., Falótico, T., Maestri, R., & Bortolini, M. C. (2023). Exploring the diversity of AVPR2 in Primates and its evolutionary implications. Genetics and Molecular Biology, 46(3), e20230045. https://doi.org/10.1590/1678-4685-gmb-2023-0045

Proffitt, T., Reeves, J. S., Falótico, T., Arroyo, A., Torre, I. de la, Ottoni, E. B., & Luncz, L. V. (2023). Identifying intentional flake production at the dawn of technology: a technological and 3D geometric morphometric study. Journal of Archaeological Science, 152, 105740. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2023.105740

Falótico, T. (2023). Vertebrate predation and tool-aided capture of prey by savannah wild capuchin monkeys (Sapajus libidinosus). International Journal of Primatology, 44, 9-20. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-022-00320-z

Falótico, T., Valença, T., Verderane, M. P., & Fogaça, M. D. (2022). Stone tools differences across three capuchin monkey populations: food's physical properties, ecology, and culture. Scientific Reports, 12, 14365. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-18661-3

Luncz, L. V., Arroyo, A., Falótico, T., Quinn, P., & Proffitt, T. (2022). A primate model for the origin of flake technology. Journal of Human Evolution, 171, 103250. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2022.103250

Falótico, T. (2022). Robust capuchin tool use cognition in the wild. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 46, 101170. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cobeha.2022.101170

Falótico, T., Bueno, C. Q., & Ottoni, E. B. (2021). Ontogeny and sex differences in object manipulation and probe tool use by wild tufted capuchin monkeys (Sapajus libidinosus). American Journal of Primatology, 83(5), e23251. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.23251

Landau, L. J. B., Fam, B. S. de O., Yépez, Y., Garcia, G. B. C., Pissinatti, A., Falótico, T., Reales, G., Faccini, L. S., Sortica, V. A., & Bortolini, M. C. (2021). Evolutionary analysis of the anti-viral STAT2 gene of primates and rodents: signature of different stages of an arms race. Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 95, 105030. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meegid.2021.105030

Falótico, T., Mendonça-Furtado, O., Fogaça, M. D., Tokuda, M., Ottoni, E. B., & Verderane, M. P. (2021). Wild robust capuchin monkey interactions with sympatric primates. Primates. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10329-021-00913-x

Falótico, T., Nunes, V. F., Martinez, R. A., Yunes, V., & Ferreira, R. G. (2021). Macaco não é pet. Guapimirim: Sociedade Brasileira de Primatologia. [PDF] [English version]

Nunes, V. F., Falótico, T., Martinez, R. A., Guimarães, V. Y., & Ferreira, R. G. (2021). Posso dar comida aos macacos? Guapimirim: Sociedade Brasileira de Primatologia. [PDF]

Arroyo, A., Falótico, T., Burguet-Coca, A., Expósito, I., Quinn, P., & Proffitt, T. (2021). Use-wear and residue analysis of pounding tools used by wild capuchin monkeys (Sapajus libidinosus) from Serra da Capivara (Piauí, Brazil). Journal of Archaeological Science: Report, 35, 102690. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2020.102690

Falótico, T., Proffitt, T., Ottoni, E. B., Staff, R. A., & Haslam, M. (2019). Three thousand years of wild capuchin stone tool use. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 3(7), 1034–1038. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-019-0904-4

McGrew, W. C., Falótico, T., Gumert, M. D., & Ottoni, E. B. (2019). A Simian View of the Oldowan. In K. A. Overmann & F. L. Coolidge (Eds.), Squeezing Minds From Stones (pp. 13–41). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190854614.003.0002

Silva, G. A. O. D., Falótico, T., Nash, S. D., & Valença-Montenegro, M. M. (2019). A green racer snake (Philodryas nattereri, Colubridae) killed but not eaten by a blonde capuchin monkey (Sapajus flavius, Cebidae). Primates, 60(5), 459–465. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10329-019-00738-9

Haslam, M., Falótico, T., & Luncz, L. V. (2018). Recognizing culture in wild primate tool use. In L. D. D. Paolo, L. Desirè, F. D. Vincenzo, & F. D. Petrillo (Eds.), Evolution of Primate Social Cognition (pp. 199–209). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93776-2_13

Falótico, T., Coutinho, P. H. M., Bueno, C. Q., Rufo, H. P., & Ottoni, E. B. (2018). Stone tool use by wild capuchin monkeys (Sapajus libidinosus) at Serra das Confusões National Park, Brazil. Primates, 59(4), 385–394. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10329-018-0660-0

Falótico, T., Verderane, M. P., Mendonça-Furtado, O., Spagnoletti, N., Ottoni, E. B., Visalberghi, E., & Izar, P. (2018). Food or threat? Wild capuchin monkeys (Sapajus libidinosus) as both predators and prey of snakes. Primates, 59(1), 99–106. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10329-017-0631-x

Falótico, T., Siqueira, J. O., & Ottoni, E. B. (2017). Digging up food: excavation stone tool use by wild capuchin monkeys. Scientific Reports, 7(1), 6278. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-06541-0

Falótico, T., Spagnoletti, N., Haslam, M., Luncz, L. V., Malaivijitnond, S., & Gumert, M. (2017). Analysis of sea almond (Terminalia catappa) cracking sites used by wild Burmese long‐tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis aurea). American Journal of Primatology, 79(5), e22629. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.22629

Haslam, M., Hernandez-Aguilar, R. A., Proffitt, T., Arroyo, A., Falótico, T., Fragaszy, D., et al. (2017). Primate archaeology evolves. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 1(10), 1431–1437. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-017-0286-4

Proffitt, T., Luncz, L. V., Falótico, T., Ottoni, E. B., Torre, I. de la, & Haslam, M. (2016). Wild monkeys flake stone tools. Nature, 539(7627), 85–88. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature20112

Haslam, M., Luncz, L., Pascual-Garrido, A., Falótico, T., Malaivijitnond, S., & Gumert, M. (2016). Archaeological excavation of wild macaque stone tools. Journal of Human Evolution, 96, 134–138. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2016.05.002

Falótico, T., Luncz, L. V., Svensson, M. S., & Haslam, M. (2016). Cashew nut positioning during stone tool use by wild bearded capuchin monkeys (Sapajus libidinosus). Folia Primatologica, 87(6), 392–397. https://doi.org/10.1159/000459621

Falótico, T., Inaba, A., McGrew, W. C., & Ottoni, E. B. (2016). Vertical bipedal locomotion in wild bearded capuchin monkeys (Sapajus libidinosus). Primates, 57(4), 533–540. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10329-016-0542-2

Falótico, T., & Ottoni, E. B. (2016). The manifold use of pounding stone tools by wild capuchin monkeys of Serra da Capivara National Park, Brazil. Behaviour, 153(4), 421–442. https://doi.org/10.1163/1568539x-00003357

Luncz, L. V., Falótico, T., Pascual-Garrido, A., Corat, C., Mosley, H., & Haslam, M. (2016). Wild capuchin monkeys adjust stone tools according to changing nut properties. Scientific Reports, 6(1), 33089. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep33089

Haslam, M., Luncz, L. V., Staff, R. A., Bradshaw, F., Ottoni, E. B., & Falótico, T. (2016). Pre-Columbian monkey tools. Current Biology, 26(13), R521–R522. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2016.05.046

Haslam, M., & Falótico, T. (2015). Nasal probe and toothpick tool use by a wild female bearded capuchin (Sapajus libidinosus). Primates, 56(3), 211–214. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10329-015-0470-6

Coelho, C. G., Falótico, T., Izar, P., Mannu, M., Resende, B. D., Siqueira, J. O., & Ottoni, E. B. (2015). Social learning strategies for nut-cracking by tufted capuchin monkeys (Sapajus spp.). Animal Cognition, 18(4), 911–919. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-015-0861-5

Ottoni, E. B., & Falótico, T. (2014). Social learning, behavioral traditions, and the evolution of sociality in non-human animals: the case of tufted capuchin monkeys. In C. Pléh, G. Csibra, & P. J. Richerson (Eds.), Naturalistic Approaches to Culture (pp. 135–156). Akadémiai Kiadó. [PDF]

Falótico, T., & Ottoni, E. B. (2014). Sexual bias in probe tool manufacture and use by wild bearded capuchin monkeys. Behavioural Processes, 108, 117–122. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2014.09.036

Falótico, T., & Ottoni, E. B. (2013). Stone throwing as a sexual display in wild female bearded capuchin monkeys, Sapajus libidinosus. PLoS ONE, 8(11), e79535. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0079535

Falótico, T. (2011). Uso de ferramentas por macacos-prego (Sapajus libidinosus) do Parque Nacional Serra da capivara - PI. Doctoral thesis. Institute of Psychology, University of São Paulo.  https://doi.org/10.11606/T.47.2011.tde-04112011-171428

Alfaro, J. W. L., Matthews, L., Boyette, A. H., Macfarlan, S. J., Phillips, K. A., Falótico, T., et al. (2012). Anointing variation across wild capuchin populations: a review of material preferences, bout frequency and anointing sociality in Cebus and Sapajus. American Journal of Primatology, 74(4), 299–314. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.20971

Verderane, M. P., Falótico, T., Resende, B. D., Labruna, M. B., Izar, P., & Ottoni, E. B. (2007). Anting in a semifree-ranging group of Cebus apella. International Journal of Primatology, 28(1), 47–53. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-006-9102-8

Falótico, T., Labruna, M. B., Verderane, M. P., Resende, B. D. de, Izar, P., & Ottoni, E. B. (2007). Repellent efficacy of formic acid and the abdominal secretion of carpenter ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) against Amblyomma ticks (Acari: Ixodidae). Journal of Medical Entomology, 44(4), 718–721. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmedent/44.4.718

Falótico, T. (2006). Estudo experimental do uso de ferramentas para quebra de frutos encapsulados por macacos-prego (Cebus apella) em semi-liberdade. Master's dissertation. Institute of Psychology, University of São Paulo. https://doi.org/10.11606/D.47.2006.tde-26072006-120932