A lesson collection for learning about the origins, diversity, and flexibility of goal-directed behaviors.
Content Anchor: Cross-species
This video is about domestication – or “taming by breeding” – of foxes, a Russian research project that has been conducted since the 1950s.
The bonobo Kanzi was taught to make and use simple stone tools of the Oldowan culture. What can we conclude about the mental abilities
A reading text about tool use and tool making in the animal kingdom and in our early ancestors
A lesson collection for the Human Behavior & Sustainable Development module.
A series of experiments with small children and chimpanzees to investigate their ability and motivation to engage in collaborative activities
In this short video, we observe how chimpanzees seem to be unable to spontaneously coordinate their activities to get food – something that humans
In a series of experiments, anthropologists wanted to find out whether chimpanzees and bonobos work together and share a common source of food. Results
Investigating the development and variation of attitudes children and young people have towards animals across diverse societies.
A collection of lesson materials to explore the nature of human morality in the light of evolution and sustainability
