[extropy-chat] HISTORY: Solved & Unsolved Riddles

[kevinfreels at hotmail.com]

Do you know whose research that was. I'd be really interested in reading
that. I hadn't heard that before, but if savannah chimps are more likely to
do this, that could support my hobby/theory.

----- Original Message -----
From: <CurtAdams at aol.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 4:12 PM
Subject: Re: [extropy-chat] HISTORY: Solved & Unsolved Riddles


>
> In a message dated 11/12/03 12:32:03, kevinfreels at hotmail.com writes:
>
> >With just a slight turn of the usage, sticks and rocks could
> >become sufficient weapons, even if it was a matter of throwing rocks to
> >run
> >a potential predator off. None of these would show as tools in the fossil
> >record.
>
> Chimps actually do pitch rocks and swing sticks at potential predators.
> It's another culturally variant thing.  One experimenter tried putting
> dummy leopards near chimp groups.  Forest chimps didn't fight it off
> very effectively, although they did threaten.  Savanna chimps, however,
> attacked and destroyed the model.
>
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