'Explain how various key characteristics of Primates facilitate tool-using behaviour.'

Animals, similarly to humans, have the symbolic ability.Symbol is a thing which represents something else and it has separate existence from the thing it represents.Primates such as monkeys and apes are being in dispute with other mammals in the development of only one organ of the body ,which is the brain.They have the ability to understand the "cause-and-effect" mechanism(the ability to solve a problem) and the ability to plan and simulate …

…can be named as " intelligent creatures ".Their intelligence equips them for survival in a wide variety of environments; hence these animals are characterised not so much by specific adaptations as by their general adaptability.The human strategy for survival is basically the same as that of his close relevants. References: *Byrne R.(1995). The Thinking Ape (evolutionary origins of intelligence).OUP. *Passingham, R.E.(1982).The human primate.Freeman. *Jolly,A.(1985).The evolution of primate behaviour.Macmillan.