Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id TAA28639 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Thu, 24 Feb 2000 19:02:33 GMT Message-Id: <200002241901.OAA15852@mail2.lig.bellsouth.net> From: "Joe E. Dees" <joedees@bellsouth.net> To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 13:03:52 -0600 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: Re: Monkeys stone herdsman in Kenya In-reply-to: <B0000212112@htcompmail.htcomp.net> X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v3.12b) Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
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From: "Mark M. Mills" <mmills@htcomp.net>
Subject: Monkeys stone herdsman in Kenya
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> For those interested in primate memetics, there is an interesting AP
> newstory today titled 'Report: thirsty Monkeys Stone Herder to Death in
> Kenya.'
>
>
> http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGI4A1PH25C.html
>
> "Ali Adam Hussein and other herdsmen had stopped to water their cattle at a
> pool in the northeastern Wajir district on Saturday when a group of wild
> monkeys attacked them with stones, the independent daily East African
> Standard said. " Hussein died of severe head injuries. The article blames
> the attack on drought conditions.
>
> For the monkeys to successfully accomplish this semi-military feat, there
> needs to have been imitation, previous stone throwing practice, and social
> coordination. The attack required memes.
>
> Mark
>
What species of monkeys were these?
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