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. 2021 Jan 5;24(2):102033. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2021.102033

Table 1.

Techniques used successfully by Group 3 to solve the task

Technique Description Time to first occurrence from start of testing (hh:mm:ss) Efficacy First successfully performed by: ID (sex, age)
Wide tube phase
 Cloth dip Dip cloth into juice with hand 00:01:28 Initially Effective Barbie (F, 20)
 Cloth drop Drop cloth from hand into tube and retrieve 00:01:38 Initially Effective Barbie (F, 20)
 Hand dip Dip hand directly into juice 00:02:10 Initially Effective ET (F, 20)
 Cloth mouth drop Drop cloth from mouth into tube then retrieve by hand 00:03:26 Initially Effective Clement (M, 22)
 Cloth retrieve Cloth that has accrued in tube removed with hand 00:29:32 Initially Effective Bruce (M, 5)
 Fruit stone mouth drop Drop fruit stone from mouth into juice then retrieve by hand 03:21:25 Initially Effective Bruce (M, 5)
 Sugarcane drop Drop sugarcane from hand into tube and retrieve 05:54:53 Initially Effective Lods (F, 5)
 Sugarcane dip Dip sugarcane into juice with hand 05:55:06 Initially Effective Lods (F, 5)
 Sugarcane retrieve Sugarcane that has accrued in tube removed with hand 05:56:02 Initially Effective Lods (F, 5)
 Sugarcane mouth drop Drop sugarcane from mouth into tube then retrieve by hand 08:46:26 Initially Effective Lods (F, 5)
Narrow tube phase
 Stick dip Dip stick into juice with hand 13:19:21 Always Effective ET (F, 20)
 a Stick retrieval paper Stick used to retrieve paper that has accrued in tube 13:20:53 Always Effective ET (F, 20)
 Stick retrieve Stick already in tube removed with hand 13:21:13 Always Effective ET (F, 20)
 a Stick retrieval cloth Stick used to retrieve cloth that has accrued in tube 13:27:39 Always Effective ET (F, 20)
Narrow scaffolded phase
 Stick drop Drop stick into tube then retrieve by hand 32:09:22 Always Effective Roxy (F, 20)
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Tool-composite technique.