By Seth Borenstein
AP Science Writer 

Study says apes think like humans in an important way

 

October 7, 2016



WASHINGTON (AP, Oct. 6, 2016) — A new study finds that great apes show some key abilities to see the world from someone else's point of view — a trait that once was considered uniquely human.

An international study found that chimpanzees, bonobos and orangutans seem to have this ability, even when they know that point of view is dead wrong. It's called theory of mind , or the ability to know that others have different beliefs and perspectives.

Researchers in the Japan, the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom put a specific part of theory of mind to the test — understanding t...



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