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Can great apes read your mind?

  • Written by Christopher Krupenye, Postdoctoral Researcher in Developmental and Comparative Psychology, Max Planck Institute
imageBonobo Jasongo at Leipzig Zoo has a hunch about what you're thinking.MPI-EVA, CC BY-ND

One of the things that defines humans most is our ability to read others’ minds – that is, to make inferences about what others are thinking. To build or maintain relationships, we offer gifts and services – not arbitrarily, but with the...

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