Monkeys Can Calculate Probabilities - Report

Researchers at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the University of Washington in Seattle have shown that Rhesus monkeys can calculate probabilities if give the incentive of a drink. Monkeys were tasked to figure out which shape would be most likely given the four shapes out of ten already shown. "This is the first time monkeys have been shown to make such SUBTLE PROBABILISTIC INFERENCES," according to one of the scientists. What's next? Shakespeare? Unlikely.