tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post4256456685107243508..comments2023-10-10T05:07:13.577-07:00Comments on En Tequila Es Verdad: Huzzah! We're Not So SpecialDana Hunterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00890312745525306991noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post-4918703697259620992009-04-09T14:21:00.000-07:002009-04-09T14:21:00.000-07:00From the BBCChimpanzees enter into "deals" whereby...From the BBC<BR/><BR/>Chimpanzees enter into "deals" whereby they exchange meat for sex, according to researchers. <BR/><BR/>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7988169.stm<BR/><BR/>They make it sound like protitution- I saw it more as a stay at home mum. QUICK BAN CHIMP MARRIAGE- its based of immoral prostitution.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post-25497791476752218812009-04-08T08:13:00.000-07:002009-04-08T08:13:00.000-07:00Dana:That's great research, but I'm surprised it's...Dana:<BR/><BR/>That's great research, but I'm surprised it's being portrayed as the first evidence of culture among non-human primates.<BR/><BR/>Many decades ago, Jane Goodall observed chimps making tools. That is almost certainly a learned trait.<BR/><BR/>I took a primatology class 20 years ago. I remember there was a band of primates somewhere. My recollection is that they were macaques. The scientists there were in the habit of giving them potatoes. I think this was to keep the monkeys away from the human cities and eating McDonalds and Burger King and then getting into arguments over which was worse. At some point, one of the monkeys decided he wanted to wash his potato in the ocean first. Before long, all monkeys were washing their potatoes in the ocean.<BR/><BR/>I guess it would be considered culture if it persists across generations. I don't know if that behavior persisted.<BR/><BR/>Monkeys have been aping the behavior of others since God put them on this earth. I'm not sure how this new study is different, other than it is under controlled conditions.Photo Rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13397257412082004335noreply@blogger.com