Tag: Joel Shurkin

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
May 29, 2024

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Animal mind, Medicine and Health

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Joel Shurkin, Zoopharmacognosy}

Animals Using Healing Plants Is Old News, Says Classics Prof

_{Adrienne Mayor tells us that ancient and Indigenous peoples learned herbal medicine in part by observing animals} _{Denyse O'Leary
May 29, 2024

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Animal mind, Medicine and Health}

No one knows how animal knowledge of this sort is transmitted. Genetics? Environment? Design in nature? It’s not new and it is still a mystery.

Orangutan heals wound using leaves — and triggers big media event

_{The orangutan is not the first or only animal to self-medicate. Birds and elephants do it too} _{Denyse O'Leary
May 10, 2024

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Animal mind, Human exceptionalism, Medicine and Health}

It will be interesting to see whether other orangutans in the area begin to imitate their new neighbor in using chewed akar kuning leaves to treat wounds.