{"id":20493,"date":"2023-01-04T07:00:23","date_gmt":"2023-01-03T22:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.readoasis.com\/?p=20493"},"modified":"2026-01-23T16:49:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T07:49:41","slug":"the-storytelling-animal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/readoasis.com\/es\/archives\/20493","title":{"rendered":"The Storytelling Animal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-excerpt\">\n    <p>Book Trailer by Jonathan Gottschall\nReadOasis Step 5\nStatisticians believe they could get a monkey to type Hamlet if they can only convince one to randomly thwack a typewriter for a long, long time. But a monkey already wrote Hamlet, or at least a great ape did.\nAnd long before any of these apes thought of writing Hamlet or Harlequins or Harry Potter stories, they thronged around hearthfires trading wild lies about brave tricksters and young lovers, selfless heroes and shrewd hunters, sad chiefs...<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p><strong>Please login to enjoy the rest of the story, or <a href=\"https:\/\/readoasis.com\/es\/register\/student\/\">JOIN ReadOasis today<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/readoasis.com\/es\/login\" method=\"post\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Nombre de usuario<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Contrase\u00f1a<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Mostrar la contrase\u00f1a\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Recu\u00e9rdame<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button\" value=\"Acceder\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20493\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/readoasis.com\/es\/login?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Contrase\u00f1a olvidada        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Book Trailer by Jonathan Gottschall ReadOasis Step 5 Statisticians believe they could get a monkey to type Hamlet if they can only convince one to randomly thwack a typewriter for a long, long time. But a monkey already wrote Hamlet, or at least a great ape did. 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