Can Monkeys Learn to Recognize Themselves in the Mirror?

Thursday, January 8, 2015 - 13:00 in Biology & Nature

Humans have it. So do chimpanzees, bottlenose dolphins, Asian elephants and even magpies. The ability to recognize oneself in the mirror is known as self-recognition, and monkeys weren't thought to be able to do it — until now.

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