Empathy Is For the Birds 201
grrlscientist writes "Common Ravens have been shown to express empathy towards a 'friend' or relative when they are distressed after an aggressive conflict — just like humans and chimpanzees do. But birds are very distant evolutionary relatives of Great Apes, so what does this similarity imply about the evolution of behavior?"
Raven... (Score:4, Informative)
"Common" Ravens are among the most intelligent birds around, if you don't count parrots.
Re:well yeah (Score:3, Informative)
"Thought is language, language is thought" is what your trying to say. It's why a large vocabulary is an important measure of intelligence; because if you lack the words to think with, you lack the very thought.
Emesene (Score:3, Informative)
Re:damn (Score:3, Informative)
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