Bonobos Can Tell When a Human Doesn’t Know Something

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Bonobos Can Tell When a Human Doesn’t Know Something

Post by Sean Hayden » Tue Feb 04, 2025 8:18 pm

Bonobos Can Tell When a Human Doesn’t Know Something

An experiment shows that bonobos can understand when a human lacks knowledge and point them in the right direction
https://www.scientificamerican.com/arti ... something/
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Re: Bonobos Can Tell When a Human Doesn’t Know Something

Post by Tyrannical » Tue Feb 04, 2025 10:19 pm

Sean Hayden wrote:
Tue Feb 04, 2025 8:18 pm
Bonobos Can Tell When a Human Doesn’t Know Something

An experiment shows that bonobos can understand when a human lacks knowledge and point them in the right direction
https://www.scientificamerican.com/arti ... something/
Ironic since chimps cant follow a pointing gesture while dogs can :{D
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Re: Bonobos Can Tell When a Human Doesn’t Know Something

Post by aufbahrung » Wed Feb 05, 2025 6:45 am

Think the entire pointing thing is overrated in the time of Google
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Re: Bonobos Can Tell When a Human Doesn’t Know Something

Post by L'Emmerdeur » Wed Feb 05, 2025 2:42 pm

Tyrannical wrote:
Tue Feb 04, 2025 10:19 pm
Sean Hayden wrote:
Tue Feb 04, 2025 8:18 pm
Bonobos Can Tell When a Human Doesn’t Know Something

An experiment shows that bonobos can understand when a human lacks knowledge and point them in the right direction
https://www.scientificamerican.com/arti ... something/
Ironic since chimps cant follow a pointing gesture while dogs can :{D
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Re: Bonobos Can Tell When a Human Doesn’t Know Something

Post by Brian Peacock » Mon Feb 10, 2025 9:40 am

Sounds like monkey business to me.
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