▲ 27 ▼ Chimpanzees act as 'engineers', choosing materials to make tools based on structural and mechanical properties (www.sciencedaily.com) submitted 1 year ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/anthropology@mander.xyz 5 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] linkshulkdoingit69@lemmy.nz 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) I thought you said apes were smart. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago* (1 child) Well, he was smart enough to convince a critical majority of Americans to elect him POTUS. I know it's not a high bar these days, but it's still more smarts than the average member of the animal kingdom. Also, note that I'm talking about smart, not intelligent. There's a difference. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] linkshulkdoingit69@lemmy.nz 2 points 1 year ago Helpful and insightful clarification, darkly humorous as well. Thanks. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago* (1 child) Well, he was smart enough to convince a critical majority of Americans to elect him POTUS. I know it's not a high bar these days, but it's still more smarts than the average member of the animal kingdom. Also, note that I'm talking about smart, not intelligent. There's a difference. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] linkshulkdoingit69@lemmy.nz 2 points 1 year ago Helpful and insightful clarification, darkly humorous as well. Thanks. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] linkshulkdoingit69@lemmy.nz 2 points 1 year ago Helpful and insightful clarification, darkly humorous as well. Thanks. permalink fedilink source parent