2006.05.04

為何有些動物特別聰明？

蘇門答臘的一群紅毛猩猩，透露了人類智能的起源。

蘇門答臘的紅毛猩猩母子 / 影像來源：PERRY VAN DUINHOVEN FROM AMONG ORANGUTANS: RED APES AND THE RISE OF HUMAN CULTURE, BY CAREL VAN SCHAIK. THE BELKNAP PRESS OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS.

蘇門答臘的紅毛猩猩母子 / 影像來源：PERRY VAN DUINHOVEN FROM AMONG ORANGUTANS: RED APES AND THE RISE OF HUMAN CULTURE, BY CAREL VAN SCHAIK. THE BELKNAP PRESS OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS.

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