Subduction Zone
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Chimpanzees think differently than we do. Some of our mental abilities are superior. Some of theirs are superior. For example young chimpanzees are very fast at pattern recognition. They would beat you in a contest. They would be me in a contest:getting off the race question for a moment, I did some research about the evolution of humans, and interestingly, here's what I found: "Many of the features of A. anamensis are ape-like. It had a pronounced snout and its brain would have been similar in size to that of a chimpanzee." So then my question: despite protests of some, there's quite a difference between the mental capacity of a chimpanzee and that of a normal human. Now if anyone wants to argue with that, ok, can't stop them, but -- it doesn't make sense that someone might not admit the difference of mental capability. In one sense chimpanzees might be more intelligent than "homo sapiens." They don't argue about these things.
Chimps outperform humans at memory task
A new study is the first time chimpanzees - and young ones, at that - have outperformed humans at a cognitive task
www.newscientist.com