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Why getting luxury right means blending instinct with data
A key challenge of luxury hospitality is living up to the demands of the guests. They are, rightfully, discerning. To retain loyalty in a booming, competitive market, businesses need to ensure they are providing the perfect service. This means designing every detail, no matter how small, to reflect the guest’s desires. Yet understanding those desires is not a simple matter.
“Monkey” vs. “Ape”: The simple distinction that’s not actually that simple
Next time someone corrects you on these terms, just respond “yeah well YOU’RE a monkey” – and know you’re not wrong. Photo: Thomas Netsch If you know anyone who is into primates, you know not to call an ape a monkey… or is it the other way around..? First, on behalf of all primatologists, we’re sorry. We experience a physiological reaction when you get it wrong, and can’t help but correct you. Personally, it’s all I can do to narrowly avoid barking gruff corrections at children at the zoo.
Is Gender Unique to Humans?
(Photo: Desirey Minkoh/AFP/Getty Images) This summer, in the introductory course I teach on the evolution and biology of human and animal behavior, I showed my students a website that demonstrates how to identify frog "genders." I explained that this was a misuse of the term "gender"; what the author meant was how to identify frog sexes. Gender, I told the students, goes far beyond mere sex differences in appearance or behavior.
Is Gender Identity Unique to Humans?
« How Did Human Language Evolve? Scientists Still Don’t Know Why You Shouldn’t Worry Too Much About Designer Babies » (Credit: Oleg Senkov/shutterstock) This summer, in the introductory course I teach on the evolution and biology of human and animal behavior, I showed my students a website that demonstrates how to identify frog “genders.” I explained that this was a misuse of the term “gender”; what the author meant was how to identify frog sexes.
Is Gender Identity Unique to Humans?
This summer, in the introductory course I teach on the evolution and biology of human and animal behavior, I showed my students a website that demonstrates how to identify frog “genders.” I explained that this was a misuse of the term “gender”; what the author meant was how to identify frog sexes. Gender, I told the students, goes far beyond mere sex differences in appearance or behavior. It refers to something complex and abstract that may well be unique to Homo sapiens.
Is Gender Unique to Humans?
This summer, in the introductory course I teach on the evolution and biology of human and animal behavior, I showed my students a website that demonstrates how to identify frog “genders.” I explained that this was a misuse of the term “gender”; what the author meant was how to identify frog sexes. Gender, I told the students, goes far beyond mere sex differences in appearance or behavior. It refers to something complex and abstract that may well be unique to Homo sapiens.
Is Gender Unique to Humans?
By Jay Schwartz / This summer, in the introductory course I teach on the evolution and biology of human and animal behavior, I showed my students a website that demonstrates how to identify frog “genders.” I explained that this was a misuse of the term “gender”; what the author meant was how to identify frog sexes. Gender, I told the students, goes far beyond mere sex differences in appearance or behavior.
Primate Vocalizations Are Much More Than Gibberish
✽ A chimpanzee is strolling along a trail through the lush Budongo Forest in Uganda when he spots a deadly Gaboon viper. Chimps have an alarm call for scenarios like these: a soft “hoo” grunt that alerts others to potential danger. But there’s no point in alerting his group mates if they’re already aware of the threat. So what does he do? This is the question that Catherine Crockford, a primatologist at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, and her colleagues were keen to answer.
Should Chimps Be Considered People Under the Law?
To protect animals with highly developed cognitive and emotional capacities, we need to start by changing our point of view. ✽ In late 2013, the Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP) filed a first-ever lawsuit to free a pet chimpanzee named Tommy from the inadequate conditions provided by his owner.
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