Orangutans left-handed; chimps and gorillas are righties
Posted in Animal behavior / animal intelligence, Primates, Wildlife behavior on Apr 15th, 2011
Photo showing an orangutan engaged in the TUBE task. Photo used with permission of the researcher William Hopkins. Mmm, love that peanut butter Apes are right-handed or left-handed, just like us. Not a big surprise, since they’re our closest evolutionary relatives. A research team led by William Hopkins of Agnes Scott College recently tested 777 [...]
