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Wednesday, August 30, 2006

Teaching chimps

I just got a funny picture in my head when I read this article...but it looks like I can't find it on google image. I wanted a picture of a chimp teaching a class of other chimps - seems like it should have been on one of those chimp tv shows at some point - ohh well this is what I got.
Chimpanzees can pass knowledge from one individual to the next with nearly perfect accuracy through several "generations" of teacher and learner, a new study shows. This ability, which has never been demonstrated in chimps before, means that these apes have one of the key skills needed to create and maintain true cultural differences among groups.

posted by Steve at 8/30/2006 07:56:00 AM  

2 Comments:

Steve said...

can anyone find a better picture?

Wed Aug 30, 10:57:21 AM CDT

 
Monkey Bob said...

Which one is the chimp?

Fri Oct 06, 10:01:42 PM CDT

 

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