Monkeys may sometimes grieve for dead mates through necrophilia

Do Monkeys Grieve for Fallen Mates?

Why is the baseline assumption that monkeys don’t have emotions until proven otherwise? Why would they not have emotions? I suspect this reflexive anti-anthropomorphism in biology will not wind up being judged as wise or prudent, but as the last gasp of kneejerk human exceptionalism.

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