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."

[aPpLeJuIcE37RainLucy]

When I read the title I thought it was talking about Humans. This is amazing!!

[bigskygarrison7]

An excellent view into our intellectual progression as beings.

[bigskygarrison7]

@Gichnni You are an idiot and are not worthy to be called a human being!

[bigskygarrison7]

@Gichnni  You should be banned from ever commenting on ANYTHING!

[LUXITANE]

Who knows the roads of evolution,perhaps there will be another evolution progress in other primates To be lot closer to us,Let face it,there hardly 2% genetic differences between us and them and less than 5% genetic differences between us and other Primates such as gorillas,Macaque monkeys,chimpanzee and others.

[whitewolfwithblackSP]

Epic intro lol

[paddyplaysguitar]

@Gichnni o.o...wow dude, do me a favour...never reproduce..

[Gichnni]

LOL THEY ARE THE SAME IQ LEVEL AS NIGGERS :D