Especially in light of the fact that gorillas can reason, can communicate using sign language and can teach sign language to their children?
Is it the fur and vocal chords?
2006-11-23 03:48:13 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Actually apes can do very well on intelligence tests. Koko the talking gorilla got a score that is reputed to be in the same range as the IQ of the current president, in the 80-90 range.
I think we all know, whether we admit it to ourselves or not, how humanlike apes seem. You cannot look in an ape's eyes and not see what I am talking about. This is reflected in their very names.
- "Orangutan" means "man of the forest."
- "Bonobo" is the local tribesmen's word for "ancestor."
- "Chimpanzee" means "mock man"
- "Gorilla" is a name drawn from a historical tale by the Greek explorer Hanno, who claimed to encounter a tribe of huge hairy women.
2006-11-23 04:05:05 · answer #1 · answered by evolver 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
There are differences - for instance, our wrist bones have been shaped differently to allow us to rotate our hands - apes can't do that, they're locked into place to support the upper body.
That said, there's still way more commonalities - for instance, we all started out with 48 chromosomes, but two of our chromosomes fused together at some point in the past (and we know this based on the telemeres position on chromosome 2 or 3...) We all have the same organs, five fingers, five toes, the same body structure...
2006-11-23 11:52:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The killer blow to creationists is the fact that neither primates or man can synthesise vitamin c because of the same enzyme deficiency. There is simply no possibility that could occur unless there were a shared ancestry.
2006-11-23 12:14:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Really - so you think we not that different than the apes?
Well, keep one in your house - or send one in your car to work Monday morning..
You say apes reason like us? Please recognize they are animals and would not do well on an intelligence test, and never will, and that's ok.
Please... this is a weak, transparent argument that I have no idea why anyone would hang on to...
Man is man, with his intelligence, gifts and abilities, a dog is a dog, a chimp is a chimp with fur and no vocal chords... and it's good.
2006-11-23 12:01:12 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
That is too far a simple synopsis.
It is much more complicated than your explanation.
Again,(wow) studies have shown the level of communication between generations of primates always dwindles to rudimentary tasks.
If they could teach offspring they would keep the existing language and communications taught, but there has yet to be successful evidence that primates teach their children and retain information on a higher level.
2006-11-23 11:56:31 · answer #5 · answered by dyke_in_heat 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋
You missed out how some apes will use primitive tools to help them achieve something, isnt that how cave man started out????
2006-11-23 11:57:57 · answer #6 · answered by Claire O 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋