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
Oct 19, 2009 |
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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.
Mar 11, 2009 |
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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
Jan 12, 2009 |
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