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This is all part of the same trend – the human penchant for apeing individuals with high status. And now, it seems that we aren’t the only species that does this. Chimpanzees have the same inclination for apeing those with prestige. | Not Exactly Rocket Science | Discover Magazine
I have always thought that babbling was the critical shift toward phonology, but now I see there was a second equally important one: wanting to be like your teacher. This step is just assumed by the simulation, but at least we have identified a pivotal point. Along with a need to make sounds, cooperate and trust, there has to be a drive/urge/instinct/whatever-you-call-it to imitate the signals of another. Where did that come from? Babel's Dawn
For all their cognitive prowessMovie Camera, chimpanzees will never build four-stroke engines, stone pyramids, or even a simple wheel. - 22 July 2009 - New Scientist
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