Baboons Show Hints of Abstract Thought

AP Online | October 14, 2001| | Copyright

JOSEPH B. VERRENGIA, AP Science Writer
AP Online
10-14-2001
Baboons Show Hints of Abstract Thought

Baboons in laboratory experiments showed hints of abstract thinking by picking out various images on a computer screen, a surprising finding that raises new questions about evolution and what distinguishes humans from the rest of the animal kingdom.

Scientists in France and the United States cautioned that only two baboons participated in the comparative tests, and those monkeys were veterans of earlier cognitive experiments.

And, the baboons had to repeat the tests thousands of times to learn ...

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