Great apes deliberately spin themselves in order make themselves dizzy, academics at the University of Warwick and the University of Birmingham have discovered.
for origins of the human mind.
"If this was indeed the case, it would carry huge consequences on how we think about modern human cognition capacities and emotional needs." Through analyzing over 40 online videos, the researchers found that on average the primates revolved 5.5 times per episode of spinning, with theGorilla spinning in Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda. Credit: University of Warwick/Kusini Safarisspinning speeds and found that they can spin while holding on a rope as fast as professional human dancers and circus artists, as well as Dervish Muslims who take part in whirling ceremonies to achieve a spiritual trance.
"What we wanted to try to understand through this study is whether spinning can be studied as a primordial behavior that human ancestors would have been able to autonomously engage in and tap into other states of consciousness. If all great apes seek dizziness, then our ancestors are also highly likely to have done so.
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