Articles for tag: animal emotions, animal intelligence, behavioral science, emotional connection, empathy in animals, human emotion research

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The Animal Scientists Believe Best Represents Human Emotion

Suhail Ahmed

Every day, in kitchens and parks and hospital corridors, an animal reads our faces, tunes into our voices, and answers with quiet, unmistakable feeling. For years, the mystery lingered: were we just projecting, or was something deeper at work? Now, a wave of studies has pulled the curtain back, revealing startling overlaps between human emotion ...

The Wild Traits Shared Between Humans and Animals

The Wild Traits Shared Between Humans and Animals

Jan Otte

For centuries, we’ve drawn sharp lines between ourselves and the animal kingdom. We’ve prided ourselves on being the rational ones, the emotional ones, the creative problem-solvers. Yet recent scientific breakthroughs are painting a startling picture that challenges everything we thought we knew about what makes us uniquely human. The truth is both humbling and fascinating. ...