Tuesday, August 23, 2005
Researchers Learn: Monkey See Monkey Do
According to this article recent ground-breaking research shows that the desire to conform is not uniquely human:
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However, researchers remain stumped by the tendency of adolescent chimps to die their fur green and pierce their eyebrows.
We humans aren't the only ones who want to fit in. Researchers have discovered that chimpanzees, too, preferentially adopt their fellow chimps' way of doing things.
