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Young Female Chimps Cradle Stick-Toys like Dolls
雌性小猩猩也爱洋娃娃

Sticks and stones may break some bones…unless you’re a young female chimp.In that case, you’re more likely to cradle your stick like a dollie.That finding appears in the journal Current Biology.
棍棒石块打断骨，（言辞不能伤我身）……《现代生物学》杂志上刊登的最新发现表明，若你是一只年轻雌性猩猩，那么你更可能会将棍棒当作洋娃娃抱在怀中。

If you have kids, you’ve no doubt noticed that, generally speaking, girls like to play with dolls while boys gravitate toward swords and trains.Study after study has shown this to be true.But is it instinct?Parental influence?Or the result of some sort of preschool peer-pressure?One way to find out is to look to the animal kingdom, where there are no gender-specific playthings.Earlier studies of monkeys in captivity have shown that, given a choice, females do prefer dolls whereas males will reach for a truck.But what about how the animals play in the wild?
如果你有孩子，你无疑会注意到，女孩子通常都更喜 欢洋娃娃，而男孩则被刀剑和火车所吸引。多项研究证明这个结论真实准确。但这究竟是本能所致？还是父母的影响？抑或来自幼儿园同伴们的压力？有一种方法可 以找到答案——去动物王国看看吧，那里可没有可区分性别的玩具。对饲养猴的一些早期研究表明，同样的选择条件下，雌性更喜爱洋娃娃，而雄性会选择卡车。不 过，野生动物又将如何选择呢？

Scientists studying chimps in a national park in Uganda have found that all the youngsters like to play with sticks.They poke them into holes and just carry them around.But the female chimps also seem to act out nurturing them, holding the sticks close and bringing them into their nests at naptime.Males prefer to use the sticks to whack each other.Sound familiar?
科学家在乌干达国家公园对黑猩猩进行研究发现，所有的小猩猩都喜欢玩棍子。他们把棍子戳在洞中或者带着它走来走去。不过雌性小猩猩似乎更趋于抚育棍棒，它们紧紧抓着棍子，小憩之时也随身携带。雄性小猩猩则喜欢用棍子互相击打。听上去很耳熟，不是吗？

—Karen Hopkin

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