Can Apes Outthink Humans?
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2012/06/25 13:00:00
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According to The Associated Press, scientists have discovered that the DNA of a bonobo ape is only about 1.3 percent different from humans. And ape behavior continues to astonish scientists as they demonstrate thinking processes and capabilities we never thought possible. For instance, one study showed bonobos will "pack" the tools they need to access food if they're moving to a remote location for the night, and remember to take them with the next day.
Another study showed that if one chimpanzee can see a piece of food and another cannot, the chimp that can see the food is able to recognize this advantage and keep the food hidden -- in other words, chimps are able to put themselves in another's shoes. Another study tried to determine how many pictures baboons could memorize over the course of three years, and by the end of the study, they could remember the pictures better than the scientists testing them.
Emory University primatologist Frans de Waal told AP, "Capacities that we think in humans are very special and complex are probably not so special and not so complex. This research in animals elevates the animals, but it also brings down the humans... If monkeys can do it and maybe dogs and other animals, maybe it's not as complex as you think." Do you think apes have the brainpower to outthink humans?
Another study showed that if one chimpanzee can see a piece of food and another cannot, the chimp that can see the food is able to recognize this advantage and keep the food hidden -- in other words, chimps are able to put themselves in another's shoes. Another study tried to determine how many pictures baboons could memorize over the course of three years, and by the end of the study, they could remember the pictures better than the scientists testing them.
Emory University primatologist Frans de Waal told AP, "Capacities that we think in humans are very special and complex are probably not so special and not so complex. This research in animals elevates the animals, but it also brings down the humans... If monkeys can do it and maybe dogs and other animals, maybe it's not as complex as you think." Do you think apes have the brainpower to outthink humans?
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irish -liberty or death! 2012/06/25 17:32:11
Apes may be "bright" and "clever" and "complex"--for apes--but the last time I checked they couldn't out-think humans!
If they could, they would...but this isn't Planet of the Apes just yet!
Humans can reason due to the THOUGHT process.
Animals REACT by INSTINCT.
It doesn't see the baby Zebra as a baby. (Instinct vs thinking) Some people are just silly.
I think apes would do fine in our environment, because they're incredible at adapting to change, whereas humans are generally terrible at adapting to change.
I think you underestimate people. Correction....I know you underestimate people!
Sadly, you won't make the cut. LOL
I'm not a teenager that has had everything handed to me, or a liberal who thinks everything is owed to me. It's called work ethic.
It wasn't that many years ago that all the things you take for granted did not exist.
No doubt Liberal, teenagers will be the first to perish should such a catastrophe come to pass. I mean how could you live without a telephone and TV and microwave. hahahaha
Study up on Africa and other 3rd world Countries....the majority of the population of these Countries have none of the things your life depends on, yet they survive.
I think some humans would be able to adapt, but a lot would not.
Also, a difference of 1.3% is quite a lot.
The only true differences I know between humans and other animals is opposable thumbs and agriculture.
IQ tests are really a test of how much you understand at school, and yes there is some intelligence in there but it isn't real.
A deer could certainly kill you as could almost any other animal if it wanted to.
one of the key things to remember here is...
“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
― Albert Einstein
An ape would definitely beat a human in gathering foods in the jungle, a lion would certainly beat a human at hunting etc, etc.
if you take all of our gadgets away, we are actually a relatively average animal especially now that we are out of practice.
We were built to run, hunt, jump, climb etc.