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TheArcticFox444 t1_j4rqslg wrote

>Bonobos, unlike humans, are more interested in the emotions of strangers than acquaintances

From article:

>>Bonobos, along with chimpanzees, are the monkey species most closely related to humans because of a common ancestor.

This is a pretty drastic mistake...how reliable can the rest be...? Read with very skeptical frame of mind.

Human babies are more interested in something novel...like seeing a person wearing glasses will command the attention of a tot unfamiliar with seeing people wearing glasses.

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gnufan t1_j4si5ba wrote

We have a children's book for sale here featuring two monkeys called Chimp and Zee. I mean the distinction between ape and monkey can be tricky with say Barbary Apes, but we should at least give the kids a fighting chance of getting it right early.

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TheArcticFox444 t1_j4tnj8t wrote

This is supposed to be a science sub! Mistakes like this shouldn't be viewed as acceptable...especially when it occurs in a research paper! Or, have scientific standards actually fallen this low?

>We have a children's book for sale here featuring two monkeys called Chimp and Zee.

This didn't occur in a children's book. This mistake was made in a science research paper!

Come on, mods! You gonna let this slide?

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schlabberbacke t1_j4utvl0 wrote

It's not a research paper, it's a summary article on the university website. What's more, and someone Dutch can correct me, I believe the distinction doesn't exist there in the same way, it's all 'apen', so it's more an error in translation than anything else.

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