Monday, November 19, 2012

Even apes have 'midlife crises,' study finds

SFGate: "I believe no ape has ever purchased a sports car," said Andrew Oswald, an author of the study. But researchers report that captive chimps and orangutans do show the same low ebb in emotional well-being at midlife that some studies find in people.

Hat tip to Art Scott.

2 comments:

Cap'n Bob said...

Looks like the two apes above are having their own crisis.

Todd Mason said...

Indeed, so much for the efficacy of Google Earth's street-number-photo security.

Meanwhile, we are apes. Odd how other apes might resemble us, the way it's odd how canines resemble one another.