Chimps have mental skills to cook: study

Yahooooo!.......... ^ | 06-03-2015 | By Sharon Begley

[Red Badger]

They're not likely to start barbecuing in the rainforest, but chimpanzees can understand the concept of cooking and are willing to postpone eating raw food, even carrying food some distance to cook it rather than eat immediately, scientists reported on Tuesday.

The findings, based on nine experiments conducted at the Tchimpounga Sanctuary in Republic of Congo and published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, suggest that chimps have all the brainpower needed to cook, including planning, causal understanding, and ability to postpone gratification.

They do lack the ability to produce fire. But if they were given a source of heat, chimps "might be quite able to manipulate (it) to cook," said developmental psychologist Felix Warneken of Harvard University, who conducted the study with Alexandra Rosati.

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If chimps have the cognitive skills to cook, australopithecines likely did, too, said Wrangham, who was not involved in the study: "It suggests that with a little extra brainpower, australopithecines could indeed have found a way to use fire to cook food."

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Some of the experiments confirmed studies by other scientists, such as that chimps prefer seared sweet potatoes to raw. But those tests did not test whether chimps have the mental chops to cook.

Other tests did. For instance, the scientists presented chimps with two containers. One yielded cooked food through a false bottom, not actually cooking, and one did not.

The chimps learned that one transforms potatoes from raw to cooked. Given a choice of which device to put food in, they almost always opted for the "cooker," showing they understood and willingly waited for the raw-to-cooked transformation.

[bgill]

Give them one of these and see what happens.

[bert]

Many don’t like Brussels Sprouts, but these are really good.....

Sesame Sprouts

1 lb fresh or frozen sprouts
Cook in water 10 minutes until done, drain

In skillet
brown 2 T Sesame seeds in 1 T oil
Add 1/4 c soy sauce, 2 T sugar and dash of salt

Add sprouts and toss till very well coated

(my wife is the chef in the family)

[I want the USA back]

Trying desperately to “prove” that chimps are really no different from humans.
They always say that chimps and humans have 98% of DNA in common. I reply that humans and bananas have 50% in common.

[Red Badger]

Democrats have 99%...................

[miss marmelstein]

Hang on. Ask your lovely wife how long the sprouts need to cook and will the sesame seeds burn?! I appreciate you getting back to me! Thanks so much.

[bert]

sprouts should cook until tender, depends on fresh or frozen, and size

The sesame seeds must be watched because they burn easily. Best to not use high heat

[miss marmelstein]

Thanks, bert. Will tlry.

[varon]

Chimps have mental skills to cook............

Yes and some are currently preparing kid's school lunches...........

[Sirius Lee]

Chimps have mental skills to cook............

Yes and some are currently preparing kid's school lunches...........

Yeah, but it's a big hairy gorilla who decides what school lunches must be.

[Fledermaus]

Funny...chimps can cook but stupid Dems can’t make a sandwich for their kids to take to school or teach then how to pour cereal in a bowl with milk for breakfast. Thus we spend billions feeding kids meals at school.

[Fledermaus]

But it’s the 2% that makes the difference.

[ExCTCitizen]

New hit Food Channel show: ‘Cooking with J.Fred Muggs with Rachel Ray’.

[ExCTCitizen]

Is that on Food Network, too?

[ExCTCitizen]

Might have to try that tomorrow. Sounds delicious.😋

[ExCTCitizen]

So true.. I used brown bag to school or sometimes I go home for lunch (my school was in my neighbor's backyard. Funny story, one day my friend and I decided to eat at his house. His sister had a easy bake oven, so we decided to surprise her with a chicken noodle chocolate cake. We almost wrecked her easy bake oven. He was grounded for a month.😊

[Tijeras_Slim]

So can I, and that’s even more amazing.

[tumblindice]

(Who cares about BBQ) (I just found out I'm hung like a hamster)

[DogByte6RER]

[Red Badger]

Thus we spend billions feeding kids meals at school..............that a chimp wouldn’t eat......................

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks SteveH. Lancelot Link, Secret Chef ping.