What makes an animal clever? Research shows intelligence is not just about using tools
Monday, May 15, 2017 - 08:02
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Humans set themselves apart from other animals in a number of ways, including our ability to make tools. When the anthropologist Jane Goodall discovered that wild chimpanzees frequently make and use tools, her advisor Louis Leakey famously quipped that "now we must redefine tool, redefine man, or accept chimpanzees as humans".