Are we humans simply remodelled apes? Chimps with a tweak? Is the difference between our genomes so minuscule it justifies the argument that our cognition and behaviour must also differ from chimps by barely a whisker? If “chimps are us” should we grant them human rights? Or is this one of the biggest fallacies in the study of evolution? NOT A CHIMP argues that these similarities have been grossly over-exaggerated - we should keep chimps at arm’s length. Are humans cognitively unique after all?
Sunday, 26 July 2009
Appearance On BBC1 "The Big Qestions".
This episode of The Big Questions included a debate on "Should Apes Have Human Rights?". Colin Blakemore and I were in the con camp while primatologist Ian Redmond, philosopher Paula Casals and Paula Stibbe were the pros. The link to the BBC's iPlayer is above and the 60-minute programme (we are in the middle third) will be available for the next seven days.
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