Mini-tech post: Chimps faster memorizers than humans

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Young chimpanzees were found to outscore human university students in short-term memory speed tests, although their results were no more accurate. The scientists believe that we may have lost some of our speed in memorizing environmental cues in return for developing language. They next plan to put the chimps against children, theorizing that some of the student's speed deficit might simply be age.