Science News has another research article that further narrows the gap between humans and other primates. Apparently rhesus macaque mothers act like human mothers when it comes to nursing their babies. When other monkeys are nearby a mother will indulge her baby’s tantrum more. If she doesn’t, macaque onlookers nearby get irritated and make threatening gestures or worse toward the mother.
Human onlookers get irritated by baby human tantrums, though rarely react so overtly. But, I expect many feel they would like to. Generally, irritated humans just groan and complain, at least to themselves. Don’t you just love how science is slowly and inextricably chipping away at the pedestal our species has for so long proudly stood (e.g., ‘we are made in God’s image’ and the like).
