Saturday, October 11, 2008

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Using the mark test, we obtained evidence for mirror self-recognition in the European Magpie, Pica pica. This finding shows that elaborate cognitive skills arose independently in corvids and primates, taxonomic groups with an evolutionary history that diverged about 300 million years ago. It further proves that the neocortex is not a prerequisite for self-recognition.

1 comment:

Lord Mop said...

I think you're trying to say that non-humans are cognitive; but there seems to be some assumption that humans are cognitive