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Tuesday, December 4, 2007
4:42:00 PM EST
Hearing 100 Years -- Happy Rhodes
Turns out some ape is smart than you (oh, and me, too):
Japanese researchers pitted young chimps against human adults in two tests of short-term memory, and overall, the chimps won.
That challenges the belief of many people, including many scientists, that "humans are superior to chimpanzees in all cognitive functions," said researcher Tetsuro Matsuzawa of Kyoto University.
"No one can imagine that chimpanzees — young chimpanzees at the age of 5 — have a better performance in a memory task than humans," he said in a statement.
Stupid chimps. Showing up us humans! It's not Planet of the Apes time yet.
Or, wait. Maybe it is.
Hmmm.
Maybe I should stock up on my apocalypse supplies.
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4:42:00 PM EST
Hearing 100 Years -- Happy Rhodes
Just When You Thought You Were at the Top of the Animal Kingdom
Turns out some ape is smart than you (oh, and me, too):
Japanese researchers pitted young chimps against human adults in two tests of short-term memory, and overall, the chimps won.
That challenges the belief of many people, including many scientists, that "humans are superior to chimpanzees in all cognitive functions," said researcher Tetsuro Matsuzawa of Kyoto University.
"No one can imagine that chimpanzees — young chimpanzees at the age of 5 — have a better performance in a memory task than humans," he said in a statement.
Stupid chimps. Showing up us humans! It's not Planet of the Apes time yet.
Or, wait. Maybe it is.
Hmmm.
Maybe I should stock up on my apocalypse supplies.
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Did the chimps eat of tree-of-life (pace Niven)? ;)
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Hyperbolic headlines are great (Pork knows I've had a lot of fun with them recently), but it is important to read the whole article in any "scietific study" reports. Turns out these scientists were comparing apples and oranges: infant chimps vs. adult humans. They say in the article that human children would be expected to perform at a higher level on these tests as well, so why did they compare the chimps to adults? Perhaps because the researchers were looking for a specific result? I know, that's pure speculation. I withdraw the question.
-Paul
http://journals.aol.ca/plittle/AuroraWalkingVacation/
12/4/07 9:41 PM