Comments on: Hyenas in cahoots outperform primates http://www.futurity.org/earth-environment/hyenas-in-cahoots-perform-better-than-primates/ Research news from leading universities Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:20:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Monday, bloody monday 135 http://www.futurity.org/earth-environment/hyenas-in-cahoots-perform-better-than-primates/comment-page-1/#comment-13261 Monday, bloody monday 135 Sun, 06 Jun 2010 22:47:53 +0000 http://futurity.org/?p=4427#comment-13261 [...] Hyener, smarte [...] [...] Hyener, smarte [...]

]]> By: Roy Niles http://www.futurity.org/earth-environment/hyenas-in-cahoots-perform-better-than-primates/comment-page-1/#comment-664 Roy Niles Sat, 03 Oct 2009 03:30:13 +0000 http://futurity.org/?p=4427#comment-664 They seem to use an instinctive strategy that has them seeing each other as an extension of themselves. A function similar to empathy, apparently. And for this to work, one part of the arrangement has to dominate the other as the "brain" of the apparatus. I'd be interested in an experiment that required three way cooperation, or more, as this would seem to be common to their approach to problems in the wild. Obviously, the "audience" in this experiment was performance enhancing. They seem to use an instinctive strategy that has them seeing each other as an extension of themselves. A function similar to empathy, apparently. And for this to work, one part of the arrangement has to dominate the other as the “brain” of the apparatus. I’d be interested in an experiment that required three way cooperation, or more, as this would seem to be common to their approach to problems in the wild. Obviously, the “audience” in this experiment was performance enhancing.

]]> By: dwechs http://www.futurity.org/earth-environment/hyenas-in-cahoots-perform-better-than-primates/comment-page-1/#comment-628 dwechs Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:57:10 +0000 http://futurity.org/?p=4427#comment-628 RE: "But Drea’s study demonstrates that smaller."social carnivores, including dogs, may be very good at cooperative problem solving, even though their brains are comparatively It's possible that study results of wild canines that hunt cooperatively might not extend to domestic dogs. Brian Hare seems to propose (http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1921614-3,00.html) that dogs have undergone a further stage of social evolution beyond that of pack hunters, involving humans. RE: “But Drea’s study demonstrates that smaller.”social carnivores, including dogs, may be very good at cooperative problem solving, even though their brains are comparatively

It’s possible that study results of wild canines that hunt cooperatively might not extend to domestic dogs. Brian Hare seems to propose (http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1921614-3,00.html) that dogs have undergone a further stage of social evolution beyond that of pack hunters, involving humans.

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