136 - Monkeys, Elephants, and Humans are Basically the Same
Apr 10, 2023•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 136
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On today’s episode: Monkeys and magic! We thought we domesticated elephants, but it turns out they domesticated themselves. All that and more today on All Around Science...
LINKS:- [ARTICLE] Sleight-of-hand magic trick only fools monkeys with opposable thumbs | University of Cambridge
- [ARTICLE] Mirroring Behavior | Scientific American
- [ARTICLE] Comparison with humans and bonobos suggests wild African elephants may have self-domesticated
- [ARTICLE] Elephants as an animal model for self-domestication
THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOUL http://andrewallenmusic.com
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