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Originally Posted by Jim_Gunn
First of all monkeys are not the same thing as apes, our closest relatives. Apes are fairly intelligent, but not in the exact same way humans are. It's not just about the physical difference in their larynx and throat. Human beings have something called a grammar, a development in our brains that is unique and allows our complex language capability.
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It would be more correct to say that other developed animals (like other mammals) are like humans regarding their intelligence, but less kind of way (like childrens vs adults). If I make a computer comparison, they have mostly the same kind of hardware regarding functions, but not as powerful. This is no surprise because we are mammals and thus we are very similar with any other mammal and vice versa.
To develop language like humans have, you will need more than just brain power, you will need some evolutionary factor that gives clear edge for the speaking ones.
Whales have very developed language, so it's not actually our closest relatives to look for the second most developed language. Whales have pretty much full dialogue, similar to humans. They have names for each other, etc. But they lack in written language, might have something to do with their hands.
