Archived Birds are more like feathered apes than bird brains (theguardian.com)
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'Instead, it argues with an overwhelming amount of evidence that a number of bird species should be considered more as “feathered apes.”The idea that birds are unintelligent was initially proposed by looking at the brains of birds. '
'When Jane Goodall observed chimpanzees making tools in 1960, humans lost their self-aggrandizing status as the world’s only tool makers. '
'Worryingly, only a handful of bird species (out of 10,000-plus) have actually been systematically tested on their intelligence. '
'In the laboratory, they are capable of making tools out of objects they’ve never encountered before and even rival primates in their ability to craft tools. '
'Birds lack a cerebral cortex, which allowed scientists for decades to assume they were incapable of any higher thinking. '
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