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?

Monday, 17 October 2016

Chimps May Be Capable of Comprehending the Minds of Others

What a turn up for the books! This article in Scientific American - about research at the Max Planck Institute which has come up with a novel chimp-relevant way of testing for theory of mind - suggests that chimps know more than other tests reveal about the hidden workings of the minds of others.

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essay best6 June 2017 at 10:26
I actually believe that we were born as humans and there is no part of evolution to play in we being humans. We have been humans since our conception.
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