Are primates really that smart?

TheTypist · 06-24-2004, 10:35 AM

We've all heard what they say on the Discovery Channel. There's all that stuff about the monkeys being so smart, and how we should give more credit to our intelligent cousins the apes, and how chimps are more like humans than most humans like to admit.

I do admit that primates show more characteristics that we can relate to ourselves than most animals. And they do have interesting social lives. But truly, their lives are just big soap operas. Why do we try to glorify them?

Is it just my pride as a human?

06-24-2004, 10:35 AM	#1
TheTypist FFR Player Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 126	Are primates really that smart? We've all heard what they say on the Discovery Channel. There's all that stuff about the monkeys being so smart, and how we should give more credit to our intelligent cousins the apes, and how chimps are more like humans than most humans like to admit. I do admit that primates show more characteristics that we can relate to ourselves than most animals. And they do have interesting social lives. But truly, their lives are just big soap operas. Why do we try to glorify them? Is it just my pride as a human?

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