tool-making

But to call the veined octopus a tool-making animal is, it seems to me, a bit of scientific overreach.

Octopodic quibble 2009

Elders pass on knowledge of poisonous food, the location of water supplies and important skills such as tool-making.

Grandparents were key to prehistoric man's survival 2011

Stefan Kirschsieper , owner of German tool-making company Walter Kottmann GmbH, said orders rose 34% in the first quarter from a year ago, as strong export markets in Central Europe, Russia and Latin America offset weakness in Southern Europe.

Euro Zone Expands, at Two Speeds Brian Blackstone 2011

From knapping flint into arrowheads, to those ponderous early printing presses which slowly turned out thousands of printed pages, to the extraordinary phone/computer/camera which now sits in our pockets, humans are definitely tool-making critters.

Ken White: New Digs for the Dogs, And Everyone Else Ken White 2011

As a 20-year-old semi-professional he worked in a tool-making company and got himself picked as the workers' union representative.

The Ballad of Sir Alex Gabriele Marcotti 2011

"Everything that's even loosely connected with construction was in the doldrums at the end of the year," says Stefan Kirschsieper , owner of German tool-making company Walter Kottmann GmbH.

Snow Damps Euro-Zone Recovery Marcus Walker 2011

But to call the veined octopus a tool-making animal is, it seems to me, a bit of scientific overreach.

Archive 2009-12-01 2009

While things are not as black-and-white as my 9th grade science teacher explained, no other species has our degree of tool-making skill.

Ken White: New Digs for the Dogs, And Everyone Else Ken White 2011

Other scientists quickly confirmed tool-making a nd omnivorous habits of chimpanzees.

From Savage to Savvy: A New Understanding of Chimps 2010

The growing length of childhood coevolved with the enlarging of the brain -- which has tripled in size over the last 2.5 million years, since the time of the first tool-making hominids -- and with the development of complex bonding, which includes friendship, romantic love, parent-child attachment and loyalty to a group.

Rick Hanson, Ph.D.: How Did Humans Evolve The Most Loving Brain On Earth? Ph.D. Rick Hanson 2010