NOT A CHIMP

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, 8 May 2016

Humans are the highest energy apes, making us smarter—but also fatter

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/05/humans-are-highest-energy-apes-making-us-smarter-also-fatter?utm_campaign=news_weekly_2016-05-06&et_rid=40185312&et_cid=469387
Lovely news for those like me who have been arguing for years for a "proper" distance to be drawn between us and the rest of the higher primates.

NOT A CHIMP

Sunday, 8 May 2016

Humans are the highest energy apes, making us smarter—but also fatter

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