Study: Monkeys share human preference for imitation

capuchin-monkey

Excerpt: “If one person imitates what a monkey does, and the other person does not imitate, the monkey prefers to spend more time in front of the person that imitated them,” said Dr. Annika Paukner at the National Institutes of Health offices in Poolesville, Maryland.

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/08/13/monkeys.imitations/index.html

Evolution Joke

A little girl asked her father:  “How did the human race appear?” The father answered, “Many years ago there were monkeys from  which the human race evolved.”

Two days later the girl asked her mother the same question.  The  mother answered, “God made Adam and Eve; they had children; and so  was all mankind made.”

The confused girl said to her mother “How is it possible that you told me the human race was created by God, and Dad said they developed from monkeys?”

The mother answered, “Well dear, it’s very simple.  Your father told you about his side of the family and I told you about mine!”