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Chimpanzees: Self-Recognition

Gordon G. Gallup
- 02 Jan 1970 - 
- Vol. 167, Iss: 3914, pp 86-87
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After prolonged exposure to their reflected images in mirrors, chimpanzees marked with red dye showed evidence of being able to recognize their own reflections, and monkeys did not appear to have this capacity.
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After prolonged exposure to their reflected images in mirrors, chimpanzees marked with red dye showed evidence of being able to recognize their own reflections. Monkeys did not appear to have this capacity.

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Mirror-image stimulation.

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Chapter 7 - Primate Learning in Comparative Perspective1

TL;DR: The substantial qualitative similarities in learning by mammals indicate that the differences in learning between primates and other mammals are not so great as they seemed to many primatologists a few years ago.