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Science 19 May 2006:
Vol. 312. no. 5776, pp. 1006 - 1007
DOI: 10.1126/science.1129217
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Perspectives

BEHAVIOR:
Enhanced: Foresight and Evolution of the Human Mind

Thomas Suddendorf

Planning for the future is a fundamental human survival strategy. New results suggest that great apes can anticipate future needs and that this ability has roots more ancient than previously thought.

The author is in the School of Psychology, Early Cognitive Development Unit, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072 Australia. E-mail: t.suddendorf{at}psy.uq.edu.au

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