Atlanta, No need to wonder if people like to imitate the behavior of celebrities, politicians or anyone else who is considered to have the position and higher social status. Because it turns out, distant relatives of the chimpanzee also have similar tendencies.
Previous allegations, imitating the nature of an idol is a typical behavior in humans. Surely it is surprising if it turns out that the primate species is said to have 98 percent similarity with human DNA that have similar behavior.
This was revealed in a joint investigation by a team from Emory University in Atlanta, the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, and Beloit College, Wisconsin. The findings were published in the journal PLoS One May 20th, 2010 edition.
Quoted from HealthDay, the researchers found that chimpanzees also knows what it called prestige (prestige). In her group, there specific figure chosen as role models.
This is observed when the researchers gave specific tasks to a group of chimpanzees for food. In performing these duties, observed a certain tendency in the group.
Chimpanzees who have a history of success and prestige higher gain will be much emulated by other chimpanzees. While chimps that failed, not much emulated.
More and more replicable means a chimpanzee get more prestige. This is according to the researchers affect the development of culture and behavior of chimpanzees, when it occurs in the wild.
The research team is currently planning further research. The goal was to observe the factors of age, dominance rank and experience in relation to the formation of prestige among chimpanzees.
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