A World of Eloquence in an Upturned Palm
By JOHN TIERNEY
Published: August 28, 2007
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ATLANTA — The chimpanzees, after spotting the humans at the corner of their compound, came over to us with their arms outstretched and their palms turned upward. This was the chimps’ way of asking for a banana — and a lot more, as researchers here at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center have discovered.
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Seems like panhandling is a paradigm hard coded in our genes. Maybe that’s why my taxes are so high?
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