Chimps outperform humans at memory task

Read more: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn12993-chimps-outperform-humans-at-memor...

For the first time, young chimps have outperformed humans at a memory test.

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[MrEnterthehole]

Mc Donalds should employ chimps, then they wont GET MY FOOKING ORDER WRONG EVERY TIME ;)

[0oBaxtero0]

I bet a male chimp knows exactly the number of females in their habitat...

[sugaqube17]

and then we get Planet of The Apes

[PRHILL9696]

Chimps are smarter than humans, why am I not surprised at all by that

[fanta832]

BUT IT WAS A FEMALE HUMAN.....SHE BELONGS IN THE KITCHEN.

[tomi1988]

Was anyone else blown away by the opening sentence? 0:08

[HLecterPHD]

So do I ...275,461... they're all stuck up wenches.

[megamanretro1]

i wonder how well it could do at a simple game of pong

[SaturnAndItsRings]

PLANET OF THE APES

[FallofDarkness55]

This is an example of evolution at work. Humans have complex things like language and higher math. We don't need to remember everything we see because we can look it up or ask someone else. Even when we navigate by memory, we don't remember the whole route-- we only remember the pertinent landmarks.

Chimps don't have that luxury. For them, visual memory is a highly prized survival skill. If a Chimp can't remember where the food or water is, it doesn't have the language to ask for directions.

[x211tigerx]

@bonangusacdc evolution nor creationism has been proven.