Mary Allen
Shin ran mutum ya fi na kare ko wata dabba daraja? Wannan tambaya ce mai laushi da masana kimiyya suka fuskanta tare da ɗaruruwan yara da manya. Sakamako: Yara suna sanya mutane da dabbobi daidai da manya.
Don gano yadda yara da manya ke daraja rayuwar mutane, karnuka, da aladu, masu binciken sun gabatar musu da matsalolin ɗabi'a iri-iri. A cikin yanayi daban-daban, an tambayi mahalarta, alal misali, su ce ko za su gwammace su ceci rayuwar mutum ɗaya ko dabbobi da yawa.
Sakamakon nazari: Yara suna da ra'ayin fifita mutane fiye da dabbobi. Misali, fuskantar wani zaɓi: don ceton mutum ko karnuka da yawa, za su garzaya da dabbobi. Ga da yawa daga cikin yaran da aka bincika, masu shekaru biyar zuwa tara, rayuwar kare ta yi daraja kamar ta ɗan adam.
Misali: Lokacin da ake maganar ceto karnuka 100 ko mutum daya, kashi 71 cikin dari na yara sun zabi dabbobi kuma kashi 61 na manya sun zabi mutane.
Duk da haka, yara kuma sun yi digiri na nau'in dabbobi daban-daban: sun sanya aladu a karkashin karnuka. Lokacin da aka tambayi game da mutane ko aladu, kashi 18 kawai za su zabi dabbobi, idan aka kwatanta da kashi 28 na karnuka. Koyaya, yawancin yaran da aka bincika sun gwammace ajiye aladu goma fiye da mutum ɗaya - sabanin manya.
Ilimin zamantakewa
Ƙarshen ’yan kimiyya daga Yale, Harvard, da Oxford: “Imani da yaɗuwa cewa ’yan Adam sun fi dabbobi muhimmanci da ɗabi’a da alama an kafa su a makare kuma, wataƙila, sun sami ilimin zamantakewa.”
Dalilan mahalarta na zabar mutane ko dabbobi kuma sun bambanta a cikin rukunin shekaru. Yara sun fi zaɓar karnuka idan suna da alaƙa da dabbobi sosai. Game da manya, duk da haka, hukunci ya dogara da yadda suke tunanin dabbobin.
Sakamakon kuma yana ba da damar yanke hukunci game da manufar girman kai, wato, dabi'ar kallon sauran nau'in a matsayin ƙasa ko ƙasa. Babu shakka, a lokacin samartaka, a hankali yara za su haɗu da wannan akida kuma su kai ga ƙarshe cewa ɗan adam ya fi sauran nau'ikan ɗabi'a daraja.