225 | Michael Tomasello on The Social Origins of Cognition and Agency
Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas
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Studying the Similarities and Differences Between Human Beings and Apes
The work involves studying the differences between human beings and other great apes. This includes studying children in development as well as apes. The methodology for studying them is different and the researcher is often surprised by the similarities or differences found. People are generally interested in understanding the similarities and differences between humans and animals, making it an inherently interesting topic. The methodology initially involved conducting separate studies with kids and chimpanzees, starting with gestural communication and looking for similarities between kids' gestures and those of chimps.
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