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Bartering Monkeys

The first documented use of the term “Monkey Business” was in The London Examine on Sunday 15...

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15.47 19 Jan 2021


Bartering Monkeys


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15.47 19 Jan 2021


The first documented use of the term “Monkey Business” was in The London Examine on Sunday 15th February 1835.

So it’s a phrase with a long history but the practice of Monkey Business might have just been detected for the first time in a Scientific paper published last week.

Jean-Baptiste Leca is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology, University of Lethbridge and lead author of the study.


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