Putting The Ape In APEC
A report in the journal Science says an experiment showed that 2-year-old children have more sophisticated social learning skills than chimpanzees, though the chimps turned out to be better at simple math. In related news, President Bush yesterday praised business leaders at an APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) forum for being “such a fine host for the OPEC summit,” thanked Australian Prime Minister John Howard for sending “Austrian troops” to Iraq, then strode away from the lectern the wrong way, where he would have stepped off the stage had the Prime Minister not stopped him. Luckily there was no math test.
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