title: Chimpanzee food preferences, associative learning, and the origins of cooking.
abstract: A recent report suggested that chimpanzees demonstrate the cognitive capacities necessary to understand cooking (Warneken & Rosati, 2015). We offer alternate explanations and mechanisms that could account for the behavioral responses of those chimpanzees, without invoking the understanding of cooking as a process. We discuss broader issues surrounding the use of chimpanzees in modeling hominid behavior and understanding aspects of human evolution.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology and Language Research Center, Georgia State University, University Plaza, Atlanta, GA, 30302, USA. mjberan@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Beran
authors.affiliation: Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago, IL, USA.
authors.forename: Lydia M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Hopper
authors.affiliation: Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
authors.forename: Frans B M
authors.initials: FB
authors.lastname: de Waal
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology and Language Research Center, Georgia State University, University Plaza, Atlanta, GA, 30302, USA.
authors.forename: Ken
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sayers
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology and Language Research Center, Georgia State University, University Plaza, Atlanta, GA, 30302, USA.
authors.forename: Sarah F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Brosnan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003214:Conditioning, Classical; D003296:Cooking; D005518:Food Preferences; D002679:Pan troglodytes
keywords: Associative Learning; Chimpanzees; Cooking; Evolution; Hominids