This just in: children smarter than apes

by Gene on Sep. 12th, 2007

Just barely. Whoever performed this study has obviously never spent an afternoon with my nieces and nephews.

On a serious note, it was interesting to learn, down in the last paragraph, that the researchers found evidence of empathy in apes--something long considered a human hallmark.

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