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?
Monday, 1 August 2011
Leeds "Skeptics In The Pub" Talk
Earlier this year I was invited by Chris Worfolk and the Chris Worfolk Foundation to give a talk, based on NOT A CHIMP, to the local Leeds branch of SKEPTICS IN THE PUB. The Foundation have just released this video of my talk. The sound quality is awful because no direct microphone could drown out the hullabaloo from the bar next door - but here it is if anyone has the patience to fight their way through the background buzz!!