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| Boy chimps chumps just like us |
| 2004-04-21 |
| A STUDY of wild chimpanzees has provided evidence that girls have been faster learners than boys for six million years. Researchers discovered clear gender differences in the way young male and female chimps learn skills from their mothers. The findings, published in the journal Nature, mirror the contrasts in the learning abilities of human children, say the scientists behind the study. Professor Elizabeth Lonsdorf, of Chicago’s Lincoln Park Zoo, said it suggested that young girls’ superiority over boys in the classroom may date back to the last common ancestor of chimps and humans, about 6 million years ago. Her four-year study of the apes in Tanzania’s Gombe National Park watched eight young males and six young females learn from their mothers on the use of sticks to fish for termites. Female youngsters enjoyed more success than males and mastered the task quicker. They picked up the skill at 30 months old whereas most of the males were twice as old. The difference was down to the greater attentiveness on the females’ part as they spent more time closely watching their mother. The male chimps had shorter attention spans and spent more time wrestling with each other and swinging in trees. Yup, that’s me The scientists concluded that the study added to evidence that sex differences in learning had been in existence longer than the classroom. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #9 one word - FARK DOT COM. Most of these exact same stories are there. This site is not for cute little wierd stories, it's about war. This crap has a place, and it's NOT HERE, it's on fark.com. |
| Posted by: Gromky 2004-04-21 11:32:58 PM |
| #8 Smells like Boris in here... What was the article again? I got distracted. |
| Posted by: Laurence of the Rats 2004-04-21 11:37:29 AM |
| #7 NEWSFLASH! Men and Women are DIFFERENT! Now where is my noble peace prize! |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2004-04-21 9:46:48 AM |
| #6 Apes learning aptitude is a great asset for the WOT : training female chimps to become moderate imams or mollahs is vital if one wish to win the heart and mind of the muslim world. And as a cheese eating surrendering *monkey*, I must confess it's always nice to hear about our bigger relatives. |
| Posted by: Anonymous4134 2004-04-21 9:39:42 AM |
| #5 Hey anon4399 get a life will you,I like the WoT stuff,but i like this stories to keeps me from getting depressed. |
| Posted by: djohn66 2004-04-21 7:56:01 AM |
| #4 Hey Fred? |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-04-21 7:29:42 AM |
| #3 Using sticks to fish for termites is women's work. |
| Posted by: Mike Sylwester 2004-04-21 7:09:11 AM |
| #2 I trying to understand what Anon said, but I'm male--could any of the ladies explain it to me? |
| Posted by: Dar 2004-04-21 6:58:27 AM |
| #1 As this belly dragging, ANAL ORIFICE digging, EUropeon ape for a troll is going to be permitted to toss ITS excrement on the WAR on TERRORISM thread, rantburg joins all the other once outstanding web sites ruined by subhumans and the humans who did not have the GUTS to tell them to piss off. |
| Posted by: Anonymous4399 2004-04-21 6:36:03 AM |