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Mouse Sperm Cryopreservation and Recovery using the I·Cryo Kit
Published on: December 12, 2011
子保存工具以供将来使用
Nicholas J Mulcahy1, Josep Call
1Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany.
概括
像红和猩猩这样的大猿通过储存工具以后使用来展示未来的规划,这表明这种认知技能早于人类进化. 大猿的这种规划能力是在1400万年前进化出来的.
科学领域:
- 认知科学 认知科学
- 灵长类动物学 灵长类动物学
- 进化心理学 进化心理学
背景情况:
- 未来规划是一种复杂的认知能力,对生存和适应至关重要.
- 未来规划的进化起源,特别是在非人类灵长类动物中,仍然是争论的主题.
研究的目的:
- 研究大猿 (子和猩猩) 的未来规划能力.
- 确定在现存的大猿物种分化之前是否存在未来规划的先驱技能.
主要方法:
- 波诺博和猩猩被测试了他们选择,运输和保存适当工具以供以后使用的能力.
- 实验涉及工具收集和使用之间的延迟时间为1小时和14小时.
- 一项控制实验评估了工具选择是否取决于设备的立即存在.
主要成果:
- 博诺博和猩猩都成功地选择,运输和保存工具以以后使用的速度明显高于基线.
- 在不同的延迟间隔中观察到规划行为,包括14小时的延迟.
- 计划的能力并不取决于任务装置的立即可见性.
结论:
- 大猿拥有复杂的未来规划能力,挑战了这是一种独特的人类特征的观念.
- 这些发现表明,未来规划的认知前体在1400万年前在大猿的共同祖先中进化.
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