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To avoid staring into the abyss, two Cambridge graduates have decided to procrastinate in a productive manner and share the knowledge they gained during their studies. If you want to learn about animal cognition, evolution, psychology, neuroscience or a mash up of all of the above, this is the podcast for you! Every episode we will tackle an essay question we have encountered during one of our modules, so don't be surprised by the sometimes bizarre episode titles.
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Do animals know that they know? From cooperative behaviours to hiding one’s food from conspecifics, many animal species seem to act in a way that would suggest they can understand the intentions of others and their consequences. There has been a number of studies looking into whether different species can recognize themselves in a mirror, be aware …
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Was there ever a human whose parent was an ape?
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Was human evolution gradual? How did the traits characteristic of the genus Homo appear? And did they appear at once? Evolution works in mysterious ways but in this episode we will try to present some possible answers to these questions. We will review available evidence on the various hominin species that have appeared and disappeared in the past …
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What can convergence in animal kingdom tell us about the evolution of intelligence? In this episode, we will try to answer this question with examples from primate and bird species. We will review the main theories of the evolution of intelligence and discuss some more recent experiments regarding cognitive abilities in different species. If you wa…
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