DPovinelli

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Daniel Povinelli is a scholar concerned with cognition, the Regents Professor of Science at the University of Louisiana and founder of the Cognitive Evolution Group.  His most recent book is Folk Physics for Apes: The Chimpanzee's Theory of How the World Works (Oxford: 2000).  By age 27, Dan had received a PhD from Yale.  Within the next six years he had received "outstanding young scientist" awards from the American Psychological Association, the National Science Foundation, and the Center for Advanced Study in Behavioral Sciences at Stanford.  In his seventh year, he was awarded the Regents Endowed Professorship in Science at his university.  In Dr. Povinelli’s words, “Our research group uses simple behavioral tests to compare and contrast how humans and chimpanzees of all ages understand the world around them.  Those who study chimpanzees and other great apes know that this is not an easy task.  First, any research with chimpanzees, even noninvasive behavioral research like ours, is sometimes seen as controversial.  Second, if you thought coping with the demands of children was difficult, wait until you spend some time around chimpanzees!”

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