19 March, 2008

Money is Worthless

To chimpanzees anyway.

But maybe the chimps are right?

I found this study fascinating. You can teach a chimp to trade an apple for grapes. And you can teach a chimp to trade "coins" for food. But you absolutely cannot teach a chimp to trade food for any number of coins.

Michael Kruse again.

Why don't chimpanzees like to barter commodities?

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