在坦桑尼亚冈贝国家公园进行的针对野生大猩猩的研究表明,年幼的雌猩猩比雄性掌握技能更快,至少在学习捕食白蚁时是这样的。当雌猩猩密切观察母亲的动作时,那些雌性兄弟却把更多时间花费在嬉闹上。经深入研究后研究人员认为,这项发现也反映出在人类生活中儿童学习能力出现的差异。他们说,在学习书写和绘画时,女孩通常能比男孩更快地掌握这些技能。目前在芝加哥林肯公园工作的伊丽莎白·朗斯道夫认为,这些手工劳动与大猩猩使用木棍去捕食白蚁的技巧并没有什么区别。她说,要想成功地将白蚁从巢穴中弄出来,需要用手巧妙地转变方向。朗斯道夫的研究小组对和其母亲一起去白蚁巢穴的8只年幼雄猩猩和6只雌猩猩进行了观察。在捕获白蚁时,年幼的雌猩猩比雄猩猩更多地体 A study of wild gorillas in Gambell National Park, Tanzania, showed that young females have faster skills than males, at least when learning termites. When the female orangutan closely observes the mother’s movements, those female brothers spend more time frolicking. After further research, the researchers believe that this finding also reflects the differences in children’s learning ability in human life. They say that girls often master these skills faster than boys when learning to write and paint. Elizabeth Lancedorf, who works at Lincoln Park in Chicago, believes that these manual labors are no different from the gorillas’ skill of using wood sticks to catch termites. She said that in order to successfully get termites out of their nests, they need to use their hands to change their direction. Langsdorf’s team observed eight young orangutans and six females that had gone to the termite nest with their mother. When capturing termites, young females are more likely to be more likely than male orang