Cool vids.

Those chimps look extraordinarily quick. If university students can be trained or can practice to outperform the chimps that is not a fair test, is it? Wouldn’t it have to be same age adjusted for life span? And what is that guy doing isolating a baby chimp from its mother? I think it has been known for far longer than his…[Read more]

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20702883/

Two students ultimately outperformed the chimp on the brief-display condition. The authors conclude there’s no evidence for a fundamentally superior spatial memory system in chimps; intensive training plus strategy can explain Ayumu-level performance.

Chimptastic.

Yes, studies have shown that chimpanzees can beat adult humans in specific cognitive tests, particularly those measuring working memory and rapid visual assessment. This finding challenges the assumption that humans are superior in all cognitive functions.
Key Study Details
The most famous research, led by Professor Tetsuro…[Read more]

@jakelafort – yes, Jane Goodall totally opened up the field of primatology, changing a great ape from a “what” to a “who”.

TheEncogitationer wrote:
Only a small difference in DNA, but what a difference a DNA makes.

Apparently, it’s all because of our “harsh and risky foraging niche”.  The great apes live in forests where food is easy to come by.  Humans were forced to share and cooperate as soon as their forests died back and they were forced onto the savannah.  Gr…[Read more]

I asked AI “in the shadow of man synopsis of book in terms of great apes relation to man?

“In the Shadow of Man chronicles Jane Goodall’s early research and demonstrates the close relationship between humans and chimpanzees by revealing their complex social lives, emotional depth, and intelligence, which challenged the prevailing view of humans…[Read more]

Simon,

You’ve found a creationist meme. How cool.

jakelafort wrote:
Oh and i should adduce cuz what the deuce that Goodall herself was a theist.