This blog may help people explore some of the 'hidden' issues involved in certain media treatments of environmental and scientific issues. Using personal digital images, it's also intended to emphasise seasonal (and other) changes in natural history of the Swansea (South Wales) area. The material should help participants in field-based modules and people generally interested in the natural world. The views are wholly those of the author.
Wednesday, 20 December 2023
Nice To See You Again
University of California, Berkeley researchers found that Bonobos and Common chimpanzees exhibited impressive long term memory of former peers. Thus far, it's longer than any other tested non-human species (https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/dec/18/chimps-recognise-peers-decades-later-long-term-memory). The researchers found these primates could recognise former peers, even decades after separation. Their likelihood of recognition was increased, if the pair had got on well in their earlier encounters. I wonder, however, if any were simply pretending not to recognise apes, they hadn't 'liked'. That would be even more humanoid!
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