Susan Savage-Rumbaugh: Apes that write, start fires and play Pac-Man

http://www.ted.com Savage-Rumbaugh's work with bonobo apes, which can understand spoken language and learn tasks by watching, forces the audience to rethink how much of what a species can do is determined by biology -- and how much by cultural exposure.

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[unholychunk]

maybe aliens came down taught all this shit like the language and stuff to monkeys they died out we evolved to where we are and we are doing the same to the bonobos and when we die out they will evolve to apes like beings like us. btw im high so ya

[Futabuda]

How people can still not believe in evolution is beyond me. Look at wolves and dogs. Its not macro evolution but that's like saying that.."I believe 1+1 = 2 but 100+100 cannot equal 200."

[Gichnni]

LOL THEY ARE THE SAME IQ LEVEL AS NIGGERS :D

[MrChazz1985]

@SOVAchannel fuk me thats bad!

[SOVAchannel]

the apes look like the obama family

[bezimeni2000]

so what you teach him a few tricks.

[lucymarykathyrn]

I am so pissed that people like me can not adopt bonobo's to save them from being eaten/killed.Why are they just sitting back do something before there gone.Have lessons over there teach the people that there eating our own kind,maybe they will stop thinking there near human. I would give love,and meet all there needs with constant education.Help me help bonobo's I want to give home to a few bonobos Also I would suggest a back round check like the military gave us to make sure there in save home

[whitewolfwithblackSP]

@Futabuda I know I don't get why people think macro evolution is any different lol I just look at my anatomy, and study other evidence, I KNOW I am a primate, and I'm honored to be one ;)