Both chimpanzees and humans spontaneously imitate each other's actions
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Copying the behaviour of others makes us effective learners and allow skills, knowledge and inventions to be passed on from one generation to the next. Imitation is therefore viewed as the key cognitive ability that enabled human culture to grow and create such things as language, technology, art and science. Decades
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/both-chimpanzees-and-humans-spontaneously-imitate-each-others-actions - 2026-04-21
