Videos show how African elephants may be the first nonhuman species to use vocal name-like identifiers for each other, suggesting "the capacity for some degree of symbolic thought," researchers said.
  • JayTreeman@fedia.io
    76·
    7 months ago

    Art, check Funerals, check (also implies religion) Names, check

    At this point how are they different from us. Besides the looks

    Edit: implies doesn’t mean prove. Funerals is one thing, but graveyards are a little different

    • MonkderDritte@feddit.de
      21·
      7 months ago

      Funerals, check (also implies religion)

      Or respect for each other. Don’t need religion for funerals.

    • Olhonestjim@lemmy.world
      18·
      7 months ago

      Funerals don’t imply religion. Religionists like to pretend that it’s the only reason people care about each other. But that’s silly, isn’t it?