Chimps are mentally superior

Chimpanzees are better at memorizing things and recalling numbers than almost any human, according to a controversial new study.

Results of a research project at Kyoto University’s Primate Research Institute in Japan involving 14 chimpanzees have shown the animals have quick-working minds to rival their two-legged counterparts.

The ground-breaking findings were presented this week during the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Boston by Professor Tetsuro Matsuzawa.

Ayumu, age 12, has learned the sequence of digits from one to 19, and it only takes him a second to remember their exact positions on the monitor

The chimp touches the number one. The remaining numerals are automatically hidden behind white squares. But relying on his memory, Ayumu can correctly touch the spot where each number was, in ascending order - something that an average person is incapable of doing.

The researcher told the Toronto Star that that the reason chimps can memorize and recall things better than humans is because the animals are living only in the present, and their minds are not overloaded with thinking of the past and future.
Matsuzawa said his findings are considered controversial because many people in the West are not ready to accept that chimps are mentally superior to humans