Shock: kids smarter than chimps

**COJOMAY** · 09-07-2007, 10:19 AM

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22377952-13762,00.html

IN another case of researchers reporting the bleeding obvious, European scientists have found that children are smarter than chimpanzees.

A unique study comparing the abilities of human toddlers to chimpanzees and orang-utans found that two-year-old children have social learning skills superior to the apes, the researchers said.

In one social learning test, a researcher showed the children and apes how to pop open a plastic tube to get food or a toy contained inside. The children observed and imitated the solution.

Chimpanzees and orang-utans, however, tried to smash open the tube or yank out the contents with their teeth.

Another perfectly good waste of taxpayer money!

**BadlandsVikings** · 09-07-2007, 12:03 PM

That depend on who the kids are, I've been around some kids where it would have been more fun to hang out with a chimp.

**countrygirl** · 09-07-2007, 12:04 PM

who knew? :

**BBQ Platypus** · 09-08-2007, 11:10 AM

Bah!
My evil organization has known about this "shocking truth" for years!
We used to employ monkeys for complex manual jobs such as factory labor or dangerous repairs.
Now we employ two-year-old children.
I must say that the toddlers do a much better job, and fling 57% less crap at their supervisors than chimps.
Hooray for child labor!

**mr.woo** · 09-08-2007, 11:16 AM

"BBQ" wrote:

Bah!
My evil organization has known about this "shocking truth" for years!
We used to employ monkeys for complex manual jobs such as factory labor or dangerous repairs.
Now we employ two-year-old children.
I must say that the toddlers do a much better job, and fling 57% less crap at their supervisors than chimps.
Hooray for child labor!

bbq's factory ;D

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**mr.woo** · 09-08-2007, 11:17 AM

"BBQ" wrote:

Bah!
My evil organization has known about this "shocking truth" for years!
We used to employ monkeys for complex manual jobs such as factory labor or dangerous repairs.
Now we employ two-year-old children.
I must say that the toddlers do a much better job, and fling 57% less crap at their supervisors than chimps.
Hooray for child labor!

bbq's factory ;D

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