The Evolution of the Chimpanzee

If you were to compare human infants for example with the infants of most other species you would say boy that is not a good bet right. by the time the chimp is seven is producing as much food as it's consuming it's really competent and if you're thinking about humans you could argue it's still sort of up for grabs Right because we have this cultural evolution piece as well which means that our capacity to learn and understand is taking place over generations so you might very well be an intelligent species or just badly adapted.

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