Charles Darwin wondered if animals were aware of themselves. Allowed to visit a rare orangutan in the London Zoo, he brought a mirror and observed the ape apparently make faces at its own reflection.

What would you do if you saw yourself in a mirror for the first time? When, after weeks of training, rhesus monkeys learned the true identity of their reflections, one of the first things they did was ...

The real story here is that motherfucking CROWS are smarter than almost every other animal on the planet including some primates. Great apes, elephants, dolphins, and crows??? Click to expand... Well, ...

For the first time, scientists have found that monkeys can recognize themselves in mirrors, which hints that they are self-aware. The finding suggests the mental divide between humans and their ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - By about age 2, people can recognize their own reflections in a mirror. Great apes including chimpanzees, orangutans, bonobos and gorillas also have exhibited this key indicator ...