Fungie may be more like us than we thought

“It takes a village to raise a child,” it’s often said. To become a viable human being, a youngster must learn to relate not only to members of his or her extended family but to the wider community.

Fungie may be more like us than we thought

All animals communicate with their own kind and some even do so with other species. Humans, however, are in a league of their own; they are the world’s great talkers.

But are we the only species to have created what might be called ‘culture’? According to the findings of a major study, just published, we are not.

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