Chimpanzees Long Term Memory

Some people may think that chimpanzees are just cute and beautiful but they are actually capable of doing things that humans can do. Chimpanzees were found in Congo jungle. Chimpanzees are very intelligent in many ways such as they can make and use tools, they have better short – term memory than humans, and they even have long – term memory to help them hunt for food. In fact according to "chimps facts" say "Humans share approximately 98 % of our DNA with chimpanzees". This article also say that "Chimpanzees make and use tools". The first researcher to discover that chimpanzees make and use tools were Jane Goodall. For example, Chimpanzees take leaves and strip the leaves off the stem. Then they use the stem to " fish" for termites. In addition why chimpanzees are intelligent. According to "chimps have better short- term memory than humans" say that "chimpanzees have better short – term memory than humans do". In a study it was prove that chimpanzees was able to recall the exact sequence and location. That is extremely rare in humans. For …show more content…
Researchers that were led by Karline Janmaat from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany found that most chimpanzees checked most trees along the way." But 13 % were approached in a goal – directed manner". "These targeted approaches were unlikely initiated by visual cues and occurred more often when females foraged alone and when trees were large as opposed to small". The result suggested that their monitoring was guided by long – term memory of the location of large potential food. Although some people may think that dogs or even dolphins are more intelligent than chimpanzees but however, chimpanzees are more intelligent than any other animal in the