Chimpanzees are very clever because they are close relatives of human beings and shared a common ancestor 6 million years ago. Although chimpanzees and humans have evolved for millions of years respectively, from the perspective of genetic similarity, the two species are almost identical, with only 1% difference.
Besides chimpanzees, other primates are also very similar to humans. If we go back to an earlier time, there are also * * * ancestors. 100000 years ago, orangutans shared the same ancestors as chimpanzees and humans. Although orangutans have been separated from humans for a long time, their genetic similarity still reaches 96%.
Chatek
In view of this, Lynn, an anthropologist at the University of Tennessee? Dr. Myers decided to adopt an orangutan, and trained the orangutan from an early age and taught it all kinds of human behaviors. Through this experiment, Dr. Myers wants to determine whether some human behaviors are acquired or born.
Shatek, when this male orangutan was born nine months later, its life seemed doomed. Dr. Myers took good care of Shatek, sleeping in his cot, wearing diapers and playing with toys. She regards him as her own child. Summer Kurt grew up under care, so he also regarded Dr. Myers as his mother, and their relationship was very close.
Although Shatek can't speak like a human because of his physiological structure, he is very smart and can understand some human predictions. Shatek also observes speech, and when it is praised for doing the right thing or criticized for doing the wrong thing, it will behave accordingly like human beings.
In order to communicate better, Dr. Myers asked Satek to learn sign language. Shatek didn't disappoint. It quickly mastered hundreds of sign languages.
Gradually, Shatek showed his self-awareness, and he would dress himself up by looking in the mirror. Xia can think and have intuition like human beings. This makes Dr. Myers believe that Shatek has a personality and that human behavior can be learned the day after tomorrow.
Step into college
In order to further enhance its ability, Dr. Myers substituted Satek into the university campus and taught it like a human college student. For such a special one? Classmate? Everybody loves it. Shatek also took the exam like other students, but the content of the exam was specially designed for him. Of course, graduation photo is not short of shattuck.
After graduating from shattuck University, enter? Graduate student? Study in stages. Dr. Myers asked Xia to learn the concept of exchanging money for goods. Shakot can get paid by completing some tasks (small iron rings represent coins).
With a small iron ring, Shatek can exchange what he wants, whether it is food or playthings. Xia not only learned this kind of human behavior, but also learned to save money to buy more valuable things it wanted.
I will spend the rest of my life in prison for 30 years.
But it didn't last long. At the age of 9, Shatek tried to attack a female college student for some unknown reason. In view of the fact that Shatko has grown up to the age of an adult and has had dangerous behaviors, he was locked in a small cage and restricted his free activities.
Being imprisoned in a small space for a long time, Shatek became depressed. Although Dr. Myers tried to save Satek, he still couldn't change his miserable life. Later, Shatek needed drugs to keep himself running.
After staying in a small cage for 1 1 years, Shatek moved to the zoo and spent the last 19 years there at the age of 39. Before he died, Dr. Myers asked the old man Shatek, Do you think you are an orangutan or a human being? Shatek told Dr. Myers in sign language that he was an orangutan and a human being.