Imitation in Monkeys and Apes
Almost all animals learn novel tasks more easily if they can observe a knowledgeable demonstrator Biologist Tom Langen trained individual magpie jays to pry open a door on box that contained food. Subsequently, birds whose social groups included a demonstrator learned how to open doors much more rapidly than birds whose groups did not Indeed, birds in groups that lacked a demonstrator did not even realize that there was food in the boxes Similarly, in captivity, many monkeys can learn to use rudimentary tools to obtain food, and they do so more quickly and accurately in the presence of a demonstrator. If monkeys learned like humans do. it would be safe to assume that the monkeys learn to perform the tasks by watching the demonstrator and imitating his actions. This would imply that the monkeys understand the demonstrator’s intentions and goals. But this does not seem to be the case.
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