Some (Chimps) Like It Hot
Wednesday, May 16, 2012 - 14:01
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Perhaps it was the title: ‘Acquired preferences for piquant foods by chimpanzees.’ but whatever the reason, Paul Rozin, Professor of Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania, found it very difficult to get his research paper published. The work had been inspired by observations the professor had made whilst in Mexico, when he noticed that -“…virtually everyone in a Mexican village over 5 or 6 years of age liked the burn of chili pepper, but that none of the animals in the village showed a preference for it, even though they ate the pepper daily as they consumed the leftovers of the day in the garbage” read more