Anthropologists at UCL, led by Dr Alecia Carter, studied wild baboons in Namibia and found them unable to identify their own reflection in the mirror, suggesting they lacked the visual self-recognition needed to demonstrate full self-awareness www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/ja... - ThreadSky | a Reddit-style client for Bluesky

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Anthropologists at UCL, led by Dr Alecia Carter, studied wild baboons in Namibia and found them unable to identify their own reflection in the mirror, suggesting they lacked the visual self-recognition needed to demonstrate full self-awareness

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/jan/wild-baboons-not-capable-visual-self-awareness-when-viewing-their-own-reflection

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