西班牙研究人员通过观察黑猩猩的行为，发现这一发现可能解释了人类长期以来对水晶的吸引力。由Donostia国际物理中心的胡安·曼努埃尔·加西亚-鲁伊斯教授领导的研究表明，黑猩猩能够在混合的20块圆形鹅卵石中快速识别出石英水晶，这表明对这类物质的偏好可能具有深层的进化基础1。该研究已发表于《心理学前沿》1。
考古学证据支持这一进化假说。研究人员在含有智人遗骸的遗址中发现了水晶，表明早期人类至少在78万年前就已有意识地收集这些不寻常的石头1。进一步的观察显示，黑猩猩表现出对水晶透明性的极度好奇，会将其举至眼睛水平进行仔细观察，并对这些物质的透明度和几何形状表现出特殊偏好1。科学家认为，人类和黑猩猩在600万到700万年前从共同祖先分离1，这意味着对水晶的吸引力可能源于至少那样久远的进化根源。
Spanish researchers have discovered that chimpanzees possess an innate ability to identify and become attracted to crystals, suggesting that humanity's long-standing fascination with these stones may have evolutionary roots dating back millions of years.1 Archaeologists have found crystals at sites containing remains of early humans, indicating that our species deliberately collected these unusual stones as far back as 780,000 years ago.1
Led by Professor Juan Manuel García-Ruiz of Spain's Donostia International Physics Center, the study—published in Frontiers in Psychology—demonstrates that chimpanzees can rapidly identify quartz crystals when presented among ordinary rounded pebbles.1 In experiments, the primates were able to select quartz crystals from a mixture of 20 round stones in mere seconds, and they displayed extreme curiosity about the crystals' transparency by holding them up to eye level and examining them closely.1 The research team identified crystal transparency and geometric shape as the features that make these stones particularly appealing to the animals.1
The findings suggest that human attraction to crystals may originate from a deep evolutionary lineage shared with other primates.1 Humans and chimpanzees diverged from a common ancestor between 6 and 7 million years ago, according to the research.1
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