Chimpanzees Are More Like Human Children Than Other Animals

Many people think that humans are unique and alanguage are all not human only traits.
special even divine species. But that simply is notOther Chimpanzees go to areas to celebrate their
so, no matter what you Bishop, Priest or Pastorreligion too, it appears to be a shrine like setting
purports as truth. In fact we are so similar to ourand they appear to do this to celebrate their
Chimpanzee cousins that it seems we should beenvironment or love of nature. It is an area
classified as animals and not by thrust into awhere there is a water fall and at certain times of
category that we do not belong. You are deadthe year and certain times of the day the light
wrong dear sir; you are probably saying? Am Ihits it just right. [sound familiar human]. They even
really?have to cross water to get to this place, even
Well did you know that Chimpanzees even enjoythough they do not like to cross water. There is
dressing up wearing clothes, painting and drawingno reason for them to go there, it is out of the
and being creative and just about all the thingsway. And when they do go, they just sit there
little humans like to do. Still think humans areand look at it and make hand motions and sounds.
unique? Maybe, but so are our cousins. And we[sound familiar human].
are not alone. We have other intelligent life rightHumans are no different than our next nearest
here. Its time we faced facts.species and we are not much different than most
Chimpanzees also create new words for things.higher order mammals, not just Chimpanzees
One Chimpanzee calls Thanksgiving "bird meatalthough they study of them does indeed intrigue
day" and there are tons of such stories of this.us doesn't it. Consider this in 2006.
So language, teaching language and creating