A true bibliophile doesn't stop accumulating volumes just because his
house is already full, says Simon Heffer.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/simonheffer/8082354/To-me-books-are-literally-indispensable.html
My wife says the collecting gene affects men only, and I think she may
Not referring to an Abbot and Costello flick, but I saw a program on Jane
Goodall where she saw chimps use sticks to fetch ants from an ant hill.She was
fascinated by their tool utilization and alerted the scientific community who
initially remained skeptical. However ,when I was at Wishita
Not referring to an Abbot and Costello flick, but I saw a program on Jane
Goodall where she saw chimps use sticks to fetch ants from an ant hill.She was
fascinated by their tool utilization and alerted the scientific community who
initially remained skeptical. However ,when I was at Wichita
Michael,
Your memory about the monkeys potatoes is pretty good. I don't remember
the original authors, but the monkeys under study were a colony of Japanese
macaqques on one of the Japanese islands. To support the colony, the humans
would dump food (e.g., potatoes) on the beach. The researchers
I recognized it from my How to think about weird things class.
I also remember it from discussions on talk.origins *years* ago.
People will believe the strangest things...
m
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Associate Professor and Chair
Department of Psychology
College of Arts Sciences
Baker University
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People will believe the strangest things...
m
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What are you
Along similar lines, I recall seeing a nature show on television many
years ago in which a macaque had learned to swim, and the behavior had
spread to others of the colony, but was not seen in other macaque
colonies. I have a good use for such an example but I have never been
able to find a
Mike P:
You are apparently picking a nit with something I said in a previous post
(reference the following quote). No doubt, grooming behavior in these
animals has an important social characteristic. But I'm pretty sure that
they are picking out parasites and other debris in the process, and in
Hello, everybody. I am surveying y'all about whether or not you might use the
MFT or similar test in order to set a minimum competency for your graduating
seniors. Does anyone do anything like this? Have you had any problems? How did
you set the minimum that you use?
With regard to
