Tuesday, December 04, 2007

Young Chimps beat College Students


Researchers that pitted young chimps against human college students in tests of short-term memory found that the young chimps scored better on the tests than the humans. This ability decreased as the chimps aged. The researchers speculate that the chimp's memory skills resembles a skill found in children, but which dissipates with age and that the development of language in humans supplanted this ability.

Of course a simpler theory is that its all due to alcohol consumption and sleep deprivation.

1 comment:

Dr. Zaius said...

There can be no doubt that apes are superior to man.