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🐒💭 A psychologist at #Utrecht University tested #chimpanzees at #Uganda’s Ngamba Island Sanctuary in five experiments using boxes and hidden food, finding they weigh evidence and change decisions when confronted with contradictory information. The results suggest rational thinking evolved in our primate ancestors and challenges the assumption that reasoned decision-making defines humanity.

👉 https://www.sciencealert.com/chimps-can-revise-their-beliefs-when-shown-new-evidence-study-finds

#psychology #evolution #primates #science #behavior #research #animals

ScienceAlert

Chimps Can Revise Their Beliefs When Shown New Evidence, Study Finds

Chimpanzees can change their minds when the facts no longer support their previous beliefs – a rational level of thinking that was once considered uniquely human.

The Kid Should See This 🌈🪐✨

@tksst@fediscience.org · 2 weeks ago

👉 https://www.sciencealert.com/chimps-can-revise-their-beliefs-when-shown-new-evidence-study-finds

#psychology #evolution #primates #science #behavior #research #animals

ScienceAlert

Chimps Can Revise Their Beliefs When Shown New Evidence, Study Finds

Chimpanzees can change their minds when the facts no longer support their previous beliefs – a rational level of thinking that was once considered uniquely human.

The Japan Times

@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · last month

Jane Goodall revolutionized our understanding of chimpanzees, highlighting the threats they face, such as poaching, disease and habitat loss while emphasizing their intelligence and emotional depth. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/10/06/world/chimps-need-a-champion-afer-jane-goodall-death/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #janegoodall #chimpanzees #conservation #endangeredanimals

Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦 boosted

Mark Wyner Won’t Comply :vm:

@markwyner@mas.to · last month

What a wonderful woman. A gift to the world. Her legacy cannot be overstated.

On Jimmy Fallon’s show, she said:

“There’s so much wrong with the world today, and there’s so much need for a message of hope. Because if we all lose hope, then we may as well give up.”

RIP, Jane Goodall.

#RIP #JaneGoodall #AnimalRights #Chimpanzees #Hope

Photo of Jane and a chimpanzee leaning into each other for a kiss in an outdoor setting.

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earthling

@appassionato@mastodon.social · last month

Jane Goodall – a life in pictures

The world-renowned primatologist Jane Goodall has died at the age of 91

#photography
#JaneGoodall
#chimpanzees

A touching moment between Jane Goodall and a young chimpanzee at Gombe Stream reserve, Tanzania, 1964

Photograph: Hugo van Lawick/National Geographic

Jane Goodall and a young chimpanzee extend hands to each other. — A touching moment between Jane Goodall and a young chimpanzee at Gombe Stream reserve, Tanzania, 1964 Photograph: Hugo van Lawick/National Geographic Jane Goodall and a young chimpanzee extend hands to each other.

Mark Wyner Won’t Comply :vm:

@markwyner@mas.to · last month

What a wonderful woman. A gift to the world. Her legacy cannot be overstated.

On Jimmy Fallon’s show, she said:

“There’s so much wrong with the world today, and there’s so much need for a message of hope. Because if we all lose hope, then we may as well give up.”

RIP, Jane Goodall.

#RIP #JaneGoodall #AnimalRights #Chimpanzees #Hope

Stan Carey

@stancarey@mastodon.ie · last month

Jane Goodall's first scientific paper was sent back to her with amendments, the editor having replaced every "he"/"she" (referring to chimpanzees) with "it", and every "who" with "which". She changed them back, refusing to mark non-human animals as inferior.
https://stancarey.wordpress.com/2015/05/27/annals-of-animals-which-get-who/

#JaneGoodall #language #EnglishUsage #grammar #PoliticsOfLanguage #pronouns #science #animals