The Thinking Ape

"Intelligence" is supposed to be one of the most important features unique to human beings, giving us the capacity to imagine, to deceive, to make complex connections between cause and effect, to devise elaborate strategies for solving problems. However, like all our other features, it is a product of evolution, so opening the possibility that our nearest relatives, apes and monkeys, are also intelligent. Dr Byrne provides a thoroughly readable introduction to the differences and similarities between humans and other primates in their cognitive abilities.