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Chimpanzees help spontaneously, orangutans plan ahead, bonobos remember specifically: The Wolfgang Köhler Primate Research Center, nicknamed "Pongoland" and the only one of its kind in the world, is celebrating its 25th anniversary at Leipzig Zoo.

Children all over the world "read" gazes in the same way

How do children understand where others are looking? Researchers at the Max Planck Institute in Leipzig have studied 1,377 children from 14 countries. Their findings reveal a universal thought process that works in the same way all over the world. However, the study also reveals surprising differences between individual children. | more

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