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Originally posted by Mike33
hey, they're not swinging from vines and jumping to other trees now are they?
Also strange how you failed to address the other part where I mentioned "we can build and innovate but they can't, we can talk and they can't"
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No, they are not swinging from vines. Chimpanzees and humans are similar, not the same. i.e. related. 7 million years of being separate species is quite a bit of time.
It wasn't strange. I just didn't take the time. Chimps do use language and they (along with gorillas) can be taught sign language. As titmowse said, hit the Goodall literature. Also De Waals.