News tagged with infant monkeys

Infants able to identify humans as source of speech, monkeys as source of monkey calls

Infants as young as five months old are able to correctly identify humans as the source of speech and monkeys as the source of monkey calls, psychology researchers have found. Their finding, which appears in the latest issue ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Flossing monkeys 'proof' animals teach tool use

Thai monkeys have been observed showing their young how to floss -- proof primates teach offspring to use tools, a Japanese researcher said Wednesday.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 11, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Primate culture is just a stone's throw away from human evolution, study finds

For 30 years, scientists have been studying stone-handling behavior in several troops of Japanese macaques to catch a unique glimpse of primate culture. By watching these monkeys acquire and maintain behavioral traditions ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jan 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0