A chair is what is called an embodied artifact, an extention of the human body. The idea of a chair is a design, a set of instructions, and a period of training and experience, partly held in human memory, partly offloaded to other storage. Animals create and use artifacts/tools also. How are the ideas of these artifacts stored by animals?

Smardzewski, Jerzy. “Antropotechnical Aspects of Furniture Design.” Drvna Industrija 60, no. 1 (2009): 73.

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@wjbeaver would assume quite similarly, especially when thinking of the experiment "Pavlov's dog".

@barefootstache learning for sure, dogs are not the greatest tool makers though, I knew a dog that would carry a rock around with him all day, I guess you could stretch that to be an artifact.

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