The Chimps are Talking

We Have Concerns

Anthony Carboni/Jeff Cannata

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4.9 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2023

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

A study was published in Nature examining communication among chimpanzees. It found that chimps use "words," and can combine the words into "syntactic-like structures," the beginnings of phrases and sentences. Jeff and Anthony dig into how the researchers came to this conclusion, and discuss how this might alter their perception of primates.

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0:00.0	We don't think that there's anything wrong with us.
0:17.7	Why would there be?
0:19.4	This is We Have Concerns.
0:20.9	Hi, Jeff Kanata.
0:22.3	I am Danny Carboni.
0:23.5	Hello, Concerns citizens.
0:25.4	Oh, Anthony, you know, one of our favorite topics here.
0:28.4	I think one of your favorite topics, frankly, is animal intelligence.
0:33.4	Yes.
0:34.4	We've done a number of stories over the years on various facets of how we, as top of
0:41.5	the food chain old, primo, humanos, as they call us, that's the scientific term.
0:49.0	We often, you know, really underestimate the intelligence of all the other animals on
0:56.3	Earth.
0:57.8	We like to feel superior.
0:59.6	And listen, here's the thing that's weird about it.
1:02.7	We are superior.
1:04.1	We don't need anything to make us feel superior like as far as Earth goes, we're in.
1:10.5	Yeah, but for some reason, we're just planning it all by ourselves, baby.
1:14.0	We are doing it and doing it and doing it well.
1:17.4	And that's what LL Cool J was talking about in the song was rising up the food chain.
1:23.4	But even though we're at the top, we still for some reason need to minimize the intelligence
1:31.9	of every other living thing on Earth.
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