A new tool that allows researchers to create realistic full-body animations of monkeys has provided the first evidence that nonhuman primates experience the "uncanny valley" phenomenon for body avatars, according to a study by Lucas Maximilian Martini at the University Clinic Tübingen in Germany ...
Source: [Phys.org](https://phys.org/news/2026-07-uncanny-valley-effect-macaques-3d.html)