Self-awareness may be beyond primates in the wild. Chimps, organutans and other species faced with a mirror react to a dot on their face in the lab, a widely used measure of self-awareness. But while ...

Dr. Carter continued, "Anthropologists have been trying to measure self-awareness in animals for 50 years, but studies have ...

Wild baboons failed to demonstrate visual self-recognition in a test carried out by anthropologists. Published today in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, the study found that while the baboons ...

Humans like to study themselves in a mirror. But wild baboons, when presented with a mirror, don’t seem to recognize they’re staring at their own selves, a new study has found. For decades, ...

A study reveals that dominant members of primate troops miss out on restful nights. The post ‘Heavy is the head that wears ...

In ancient Egypt, various deities were portrayed as animals. Thoth, the god of learning and wisdom was represented by a hamadryas baboon. Baboons, probably held in captivity in Egypt, were mummified ...

Drawing on 48 years of data on the family trees and mate choices of 1,624 wild baboons in Kenya, a new study finds that baboons generally steer clear of mates that are half-siblings or closer. But ...

In a previous Psychology Today post (here), I argued that humans are the only species to keep pets. (Calm down — I know about Koko's kitten, etc. While long-term odd couple attachments between species ...

"Have you heard about the baboons on the loose?" It's the first question you're likely to be asked around the watercooler today, as three of the primates did indeed take a walk on the wild side in ...

It was the first time a controlled laser mark test has been done on these animals in a wild setting and strengthens the evidence from other studies that monkeys don’t recognise their own reflection.

Male baboons will kidnap infant females...and maybe puppies. In a previous Psychology Today blog (here), I argued that humans are the only species to keep pets. (Calm down - I know about Koko's kitten ...