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there's probably a lot of examples of knowledge in animals that is passed from generation to generation, like say the knowledge of how to crack open nuts with r
by tokipin 14y ago
there's probably a lot of examples of knowledge in animals that is passed from generation to generation, like say the knowledge of how to crack open nuts with rocks
we definitely have something most animals don't, but that something may be more of a degree thing than a kind thing
- xk_id 14y agoVery much agreed.
- derleth 14y ago> we definitely have something most animals don't "Religion and control of fire" seem to be the big things that humans have and no non-human animal has. "Language with recursive grammar" is a possible differentiator, but that's currently up for debate.
- yareally 14y agoI would amend that list and add conscience and the ability to question what is moral or not. Animals in some cases may have limited capabilities, but other animals, such as cats and their sadistic behaviors, I would question.
- tokipin 14y agothat reminds me of this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KSryJXDpZo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KSryJXDpZo in the full talk, the speaker goes on to mention that some monkeys who were receiving the good reward would refuse to accept it until their counterpart was also given the good reward
- xk_id 14y agoSomebody else posted this in the same thread: http://www.ted.com/talks/robert_sapolsky_the_uniqueness_of_humans.html http://www.ted.com/talks/robert_sapolsky_the_uniqueness_of_h.... It overviews sharp distinctions between the behaviours of animals and humans.
- Someone 14y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_culture http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_culture gives a, IMO, decent overview but misses the famous example of the tit and the milk bottle: http://www.brefigroup.co.uk/resources/view_product.do?product=9&category_sname=free http://www.brefigroup.co.uk/resources/view_product.do?produc...