Mapping the mind: Chinese and French scientists advance on neural origins of consciousness https://www.byteseu.com/945447/ #BGIResearch #ClaudeBernardUniversityLyon1 #cognition #consciousness #CrabEatingMacaque #depression #evolution #Hippocampus #macaque #marmosets #NeurologicalDisorders #RNA #Science #SleepRegulation #SubcorticalRegions #TranscriptomeAtlas

totally forgot, @KateShaw has a new episode out today, about animals that use names for each other in ways similar to how humans use names ... or maybe not quite the same

https://strangeanimalspodcast.blubrry.net/2025/01/13/episode-415-animals-with-names/

#dolphins
#communication
#parrots
#whistles
#names
#identifiers
#elephants
#marmosets

#SGU #TheSkepticsGuideToTheUniverse:
The Skeptics Guide #1008 - Nov 2 2024

Quickie with Bob: Predicting #Earthquakes; News Items: #Cell_Phones and #Brain_Cancer, #Gold from Earthquakes, #Plastic in the #Brain, #Quantum #Neural_Network, #Marmosets have Names; Your questions and E-mails: #Beetles; Name That Logical Fallacy; #Science or Fiction

Webseite der Episode: https://www.theskepticsguide.org/podcast/sgu

Mediendatei: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/skepticsguide/skepticast2024-11-02.mp3

#Marmosets are the first non-human #primates apparently calling each other by #names – other animals that do this include elephants, parrots and dolphins:

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2445821-marmosets-seem-to-call-each-other-by-name via @newscientist

These #Monkeys Call One Another by Name
#Marmosets are the first nonhuman #primates known to use name-like labels for individuals, a new study suggests.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/12/science/marmosets-names-communication.html
https://archive.ph/AlG14

Uncovering the secret communication of marmoset #monkeys: They have names https://phys.org/news/2024-08-uncovering-secret-communication-marmoset-monkeys.html

Vocal labeling of others by nonhuman #primates https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adp3757

"The ability of #marmosets to label each other with specific calls suggests they have developed complex brain mechanisms, potentially analogous to those that eventually gave rise to language in humans."

https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/pygmy-marmoset-twins-chester-zoo-video

At around 13.6 centimeters (5.35 inches), #pygmymarmosets are the world’s smallest primates. And their babies are even smaller. “They tend to have twins because the survival rates of offspring is quite low; it’s about 25% in the wild, so it’s really important that the mum keeps hold of them and carries them around. They need to be with her 24/7 because they’re completely helpless when they’re born…”