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Like humans, great apes think differently from each other

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Like humans, great apes think differently from each other

For decades, scientists have been studying the cognition of great apes to understand how our own complex cognitive abilities evolved. Much of the research is based on the idea that if a particular ability-like using gestures to communicate-is found only in species that are closely related to us, then it's likely the trait appeared relatively late in our evolutionary history.

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