libellule on 07 March 2008
| Man said: Chimpanzees can beat humans in certain mental chalenges... they did a study using uni students, and chimps. They showed them a heap of jumbled numbers for about 1 second, then asked them to remember the sequence. The chimps beat the students easily if i remember.... Chimps also have that whole theory of mind thingy, where they know they exist and everything. It may be controversial (im not sure), but i know a few people who think the main thing that seperated us from chimps 100,000 years ago or so, is that humans developed the ability to talk, which allowed ideas to be communicated, and to grow. Without language, we'd still be primitive animals like chimps. Its the biggest difference, even more so than our 'increased' mental capcity. |
==> monkey, and most of the living being, are able to communicate too using their own language. I even believe in a VERY complex for some (dolphin/monkey/elephant)
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