Chimpanzees learn rock-paper-scissors

(Springer) Chimpanzees of all ages and all sexes can learn the simple circular relationship between the three different hand signals used in the well-known game rock-paper-scissors. Jie Gao of Kyoto University in Japan and Peking University in China is lead author of a study in the journal Primates, which is the official journal of the Japan Monkey Centre, and is published by Springer.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news