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2018 Ig Nobel Prize in Anthropology winner: Spontaneous Cross-Species Imitation in Interaction Between Chimpanzees and Zoo Visitors [1] "[...] for collecting ev
by gnulinux 8y ago
2018 Ig Nobel Prize in Anthropology winner: Spontaneous Cross-Species Imitation in Interaction Between Chimpanzees and Zoo Visitors [1] "[...] for collecting evidence, in a zoo, that chimpanzees imitate humans about as often, and about as well, as humans imitate chimpanzees." I think this is evidence towards your point that we understand very little of cognition of other species.
[1]: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10329-017-0624-9 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10329-017-0624-9
- PacifyFish 8y agoI'm sure this work was groundbreaking , but let's not kid ourselves that imitation is some high and misunderstood form of intelligence. Nor should we kid ourselves that this is new information. The adage "monkey see, monkey do" has been around for, what, centuries? Is it really that surprising that apes imitate things they see? Does it really reveal a paltry understanding of monkey cognition?
- jamiek88 8y agoHence the ignoble prize!
- PacifyFish 8y agoAh thanks, missed the "ig."
- gnulinux 8y agoYeah there is no Nobel in Anthropology.
- Varcht 8y agoOh hey, Apes ape, what a concept!