Children are more curious than apes, often choosing a 'mystery box' over a certain reward
Wednesday, May 31, 2023 - 13:23
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Children are more curious to explore the unknown than great apes, but after a glimpse of the potential rewards, apes learn to investigate uncertain options, Alejandro Sánchez-Amaro at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Germany and Federico Rossano at the University of California San Diego in the United States report in the open-access journal PLOS ONE, May 31.