Orphan Chimpanzees Cleverer Than Humans

s.b.f —

Orphaned chimpanzee infants given special ‘mothering’ by humans are more advanced than the average child at nine months of age.

In the first study to examine the effect of different types of care for infant chimpanzees on cognition, researchers found chimpanzees who were given extra emotionally-based care were more cognitively advanced than human infants.

Humans overtake chimpanzees in development terms as they grow older but the study sends stark warnings that looking after just an infant’s physical needs is likely to result in a child who is maladjusted, unhappy and under-achieving.

he study was carried out by psychology expert Professor Kim Bard, of the Centre for the Study of Emotion at the University of Portsmouth.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090202140437.htm

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sbf (not verified) — Wed, 4 Feb 2009 - 00:22

Why are you two talking about butterflies?

I wonder what the implication of this experiment is.

Imagine a world where chimps and Humans are living side by side 😂

We have to teach them English.

Ya'qub — Wed, 4 Feb 2009 - 00:26

[quote=sbf]Why are you two talking about butterflies?

I wonder what the implication of this experiment is.

Imagine a world where chimps and Humans are living side by side 😂

We have to teach them English.[/quote]

But why would they want to live beside us, when they can live above us in the trees and laught at people with bald spots?

My friend said he taunted a monkey when he was in India, so it climbed the tree above him and pee'd on his head!

sbf (not verified) — Wed, 4 Feb 2009 - 00:27

[quote=Ya'qub][quote=sbf]Why are you two talking about butterflies?

I wonder what the implication of this experiment is.

Imagine a world where chimps and Humans are living side by side 😂

We have to teach them English.[/quote]

But why would they want to live beside us, when they can live above us in the trees and laught at people with bald spots?

My friend said he taunted a monkey when he was in India, so it climbed the tree above him and pee'd on his head![/quote]

😂
Thats quite true actually.

Did you ever watch The Wild Thornberries?

sbf (not verified) — Wed, 4 Feb 2009 - 00:30

[quote=Ya'qub][quote=sbf]
😂
Thats quite true actually.

Did you ever watch The Wild Thornberries?

[/quote]

Err... I'm not a girl![/quote]

Why do you have to be a girl to watch the thornberries?

the talking monkey wasnt a girl....

Ya'qub — Wed, 4 Feb 2009 - 00:35

[quote=sbf][quote=Ya'qub][quote=sbf]
😂
Thats quite true actually.

Did you ever watch The Wild Thornberries?

[/quote]

Err... I'm not a girl![/quote]

Why do you have to be a girl to watch the thornberries?

the talking monkey wasnt a girl.... [/quote]

And Leondardo di Caprio wasn't a girl in Titanic!

The Lamp — Wed, 4 Feb 2009 - 10:20

[quote=Ya'qub][quote=sbf]Why are you two talking about butterflies?

I wonder what the implication of this experiment is.

Imagine a world where chimps and Humans are living side by side 😂

We have to teach them English.[/quote]

But why would they want to live beside us, when they can live above us in the trees and laught at people with bald spots?

My friend said he taunted a monkey when he was in India, so it climbed the tree above him and pee'd on his head![/quote]

I was smacked on the head by a monkey ini Pakistan once, for giving it a look it didn't like.