Study finds human respect for the elderly may be genetically determined

It is not just courtesy and accomplishment that people respect their elders. A scientific study of monkeys, a close relative of human beings, found that monkeys respect elders as much as humans do.　　The researchers say this suggests that the idea of respecting the elderly may be genetically determined and deeply rooted in primate evolution. Monkeys study The idea of respecting elders and listening to elders ' opinions exists in all cultures of the world, and it is generally believed that age growth brings wisdom and experience.　　But a new study of the population of the long tail of the canon suggests that the idea may come from genes. The researchers looked at the behavior of 9 females in the monkey group, aged 3 to 15 years.　　The researchers recorded more than 800 calls, and found that the older the monkeys, the more responses they received.　　When monkeys aged over 7 were given a call, 75% of the other monkeys responded; only 40% of monkeys were given a call when the 2-year-old monkey was barking.　　This phenomenon has nothing to do with the size or position of the monkey's power in the monkey population, and it has nothing to do with whether they have children, and is directly related to their age. "Age seems to be a major factor in the exchange of individual discourse," The Daily Mail of France quoted Alban Le Masson, of the University of Rennes, 6th.　　"Respect for the elderly researchers found that when the long monkeys delivered" speeches ", other monkeys, like polite humans, stopped doing their jobs and listened carefully to" elders teach ".　　Although older monkeys are relatively reticent in the monkeys, they can always get a response from other young monkeys once they have spoken.　　More than that, older monkeys are more concerned and responsive to monkeys than chattering young "chatter monkeys."　　"Older monkeys may not be as articulate as young monkeys, but they can get more responses from other monkeys," Le Masson said.　　Le Masson believes that obeying the behavior suggested by older elders has a "biological basis", a behavior that is passed down from generation to year.　　The results of this study were published in the latest issue of the Royal Society's Biological newsletter.　　The researchers believe that there is a respect for the elderly in primates other than humans, suggesting that the act of respecting the elderly is not a human acquisition, but innate. A previous study of the Capuchin monkeys found that people could find clues to the evolution of human language from their cries.　　The Kanji monkey changes the meaning of the call by adding some simple sounds before the call, which is consistent with the way human language uses prefixes and suffixes to change the meaning of words. "This suggests that attention to the voice of elders is deeply rooted in primate behavior." This will open a new page in the study of human culture and language evolution, "Le Masson said. (Wenxuan)