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Monday, October 15, 2007

The local customs that define human cultures in important ways also exist in the ape world, suggests a study reported online June 7th in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication. Indeed, captive chimpanzees, like people, can readily acquire new traditions, and those newly instituted "cultural practices" can spread to other troops.
Not all "the local customs that define human cultures in important ways," to be sure. More... 'Cultured' chimpanzees pass on novel traditions

Saturday, October 13, 2007

My summer project. I should have been preparing for my upcoming neuroethics class, but I've needed the extra storage space for years.