Week 6 - Language and Tools in Chimps

I think it shows that other animals are much more sophisticated than we give them credit for. The have highly developed ways of communication and survival. We seem to forget that they have survived, often times, much longer than we have. They have been able to adapt even as we push them to the brink of extinction. Why do we believe that having the ability to wipe out the planet makes us the most evolved? I would argue the opposite.

Chimps have shown that they learn techniques from each other and not just from other chimp tribes but from humans too. In this sense they are more evolved than we are, learning from other species how best to secure their own survival. I have heard that in a nuclear holocaust only cockroaches would survive. Why don't we start studying how to be more like cockroaches?