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How To Fail With Elizabeth Day

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The Importance of Friendships in Chimpanzees

Is imagination a uniquely human thing? Or do other species have it? I think chimpanses. Do you know there are certain stories anecdotes. Scientists hate anecdotes. You learn more from anecdotes fhan almost anything else, because you get an idea of what an animal is capable of. And why is it not scientific? Just because you only see it once? Its still a fact. Yes, i love that. What about friendships? Because i know that that's an undervalued area of study in science but what evidence is there of friendships in chimpanzees, and indeed other species that you've observed? I would say friendship is really, really important. It's a useful trait, because it

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