How far removed are we from our primitive ancestors? According to this study, it's not very far.
A new study found that male monkeys will give up their juice rewards in order to ogle pictures of female monkey's bottoms. The way the experiment was set up, the act is akin to paying for the images, the researchers say.
The rhesus macaque monkeys also splurged on photos of top-dog counterparts, the high-ranking primates. Maybe that's like you or me buying People magazine.
Many studies in the past have shown where human sexuality is not much different across cultural boundaries and is even similar to primates. For instance, the other day I couldn't resist a trip into the newsstand where I buy my favorite magazine, Buttcracked. The price has gone up to nearly three banannas, but I'm too embarrassed to have it delivered to my home address. I'm thinking also of upgrading DirecTV to include BooTV just to catch my favorite show "Junk in the Trunk". It only increases my subscription to 45 Capri Sun pouches a month, but hey, it's good TV.
I'm waiting for the comparisons between human behavior and apes as a result of this study. The media loves to make humans inferior and primitive, like the animals of the world know better how to live than we do. Well, the real news today is not that we are like animals in our behavior, but it is that through scientific research, we have taught a whole mess of monkeys capitalism. They value their juice, but they will gladly give it up for some booty.
Hat tip: milamor
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