Wild jackdaws are wary of objects that violate expectations of animacy

Nature is composed of self-propelled, animate agents and inanimate objects. Laboratory studies have shown that human infants and a few species discriminate between animate and inanimate objects. This ability is assumed to have evolved to support social cognition and filial imprinting, but its ecolog...

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Main Authors: Alison L. Greggor, Guillam E. McIvor, Nicola S. Clayton, Alex Thornton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Royal Society 2018-01-01
Series:Royal Society Open Science
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Online Access:https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsos.181070