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Chapter 02 - Sociological Imagination - 6 views

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    A review of the sociological imagination and its relationship to radical empathy.
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Ape Genius reveals depth of animal intelligence - Telegraph - 1 views

  • By Paul Eccleston
  • 5:00PM BST 02 May 2008
  • Chimpanzees in Senegal make and sharpen spears with their teeth to go hunting. Like our own ancestors they have learned to use tools to kill their quarry more effectively.
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  • the skills to make a lethal weapon.
  • Ape Genius - which gives a fascinating insight into the depth of intelligence of animals who share 99 per cent of human genes
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  • Although they can be taught to recognise symbols and words they don't have the mental capacity to contribute to a 'conversation' - and they don't make small talk
  • And most important of all although they can imitate, they can't teach or build on the achievements others have made - unlike more successful humans.
  • But if apes have the power to reaso
  • n, learn skills, feel emotion and co-operate in a frenzied tree-top hunt for Colobus monkeys as chimpanzees do, why don't we have a planet of the apes?
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