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Yes, some researchers have

Submitted by Jen Benson on Sun, 02/10/2008 - 3:47pm.
Yes, some researchers have argued that orangutans and chimpanzees (and humans from a certain age) have self-awareness. Such statements are based on the fact that they pass tests of mirror recognition in which they see in a mirror that their face has been smeared with red paint or chalk through recognizing the reflection as their own.
If you would like to read more about it, here is an article
http://www.springerlink.com/content/1t6pu160l4574871/fulltext.pdf
If that doesn't work, and you want to read up on it more, this Anthro journal can be accessed through Tripod from either HC or BMC. I'm sure a PsychInfo search would also yield some interesting results about some kinds of monkeys having self-awareness.
Monkeys, apes, mirrors and minds: The evolution of self-awareness in primates
Journal Human Evolution
Publisher Springer Netherlands
ISSN 0393-9375 (Print) 1824-310X (Online)
Issue Volume 2, Number 6 / December, 1987

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