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?
Here's a nice little essay in the Huff Post from Richard Restak. It leans heavily on the idea of mirror neurons - which not everybody agrees with - and is a good take on the idea of the "empathic civilisation".
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