Savage-Rumbaugh's work with bonobo apes, which can understand spoken language and learn tasks by watching, forces the audience to rethink how much of what a species can do is determined by biology -- and how much by cultural exposure.
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is onto something bigger. his genius is that of a stylist and a merchandiser, rather than of a subcultural translator like shawn stussy or supreme founder james jebbia. imagine ralph lauren's original mood board if the slim aarons photographs were replaced with photos of a tribe called quest ...
Probably one of the most misunderstood topics about dairy farming is the “mystery” of what happens to the male calves. Female cows are the only ones that can be milked. So what happens to the bulls. Quickly searching Google, I found it hard to find a dairymen’s answer on this topic...
it was a very low-key day, which is just how he likes it, given that he is on trains planes cars automobiles boats 2/3 of the year. or some such estimate. we watched dawn of the planet of the apes, which was awesome and now i am obsessed with apes and bonobos and chimpanzees ...
Exploring animal pain, fear, aggression, love, friendship, communication, learning, and even animal genius, Grandin is a faithful guide into their world.Animals in Translation reveals that animals are much smarter than anyone ever imagined, and Grandin, standing at the intersection of autism and ...
(par. 183 of FREEDOM) From there, imagine that it is also true that primatological studies of bonobos (the variety of chimpanzee living south of the Congo river) reveal a great deal about how cooperative, selfless and loving our distant primate ancestors likely were. (The significance of ...
it was a very low-key day, which is just how he likes it, given that he is on trains planes cars automobiles boats 2/3 of the year. or some such estimate. we watched dawn of the planet of the apes, which was awesome and now i am obsessed with apes and bonobos and chimpanzees ...
The gentle genius of bonobos Susan Savage-Rumbaugh 16:11 Apr 2007 The shrimp with a kick! Sheila Patek 18:19 Apr 2017 On tennis, love and motherhood Serena Williams and Gayle King 19:41 Apr 2007 A comic sendup of TED2006 Tom Rielly 05:15 Sep 2017 Einstein'...