As reported at MSNBC, University of London researchers have found that dogs are more likely to approach a crying person than someone who is humming or talking, an indication that man’s best friend wants to comfort humans who are sad. “The dogs approached whoever was crying regardless of their identity. Thus they were responding to the …
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Dec 29
Top 10 FORA.tv Videos of 2011: #4 – Robert Sapolsky: Are Humans Just Another Primate?
It’s sometimes difficult to wrap our heads around the similarities that exist between Homo sapiens and other species because of a seemingly wide evolutionary gap. After all, human capability for reason, critical thought, and complex language clearly outpaces any other primate on the planet. Or does it? Stanford biologist and neurologist Robert Sapolsky argued that …