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?
Thursday, 27 May 2010
Travis's Owner Dies
At the top of the NOTACHIMP blog I recount the tragic case of Travis the chimp, killed by police after he went on the rampage and horribly disfigured his helper. This very unhappy tale has now concluded with another tragic event, the premature death of Travis's owner, Sandra Herold. Herold had endured the death of her only child in 2000, the death of her husband in 2004, and the death of her pet chimp and company mascot, Travis, in 2009. She suffered a fatal aortic aneurysm.
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