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Group of chimps.

Why do we get so picky about friendship late in life? Ask the chimps

New study shows nonhuman animals get selective socializing during aging

Science|

DateOctober 22, 2020October 23, 2020

A new study shows that gaze-following in monkeys develops in a way that’s nearly identical to how it develops in humans. “Even though it seems like it’s a very simple thing, this is a foundational social and cognitive skill that humans have,” said first author Alexandra Rosati, an assistant professor of human evolutionary biology.

The eyes tell

Monkeys ‘gaze-follow’ like humans, researchers find

Health|

DateMay 17, 2016

A new study, co-authored by Felix Warneken, the John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Social Sciences, and Alexandra Rosati ’05, who will join Harvard’s Department of Human Evolutionary Biology as an assistant professor this summer, suggests that humans’ cognitive capacity for cooking is shared by chimpanzees.

Cooking up cognition

While chimps can’t make meals, they do understand basics of heating food, and appreciate it, study says

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DateJune 3, 2015March 8, 2019