Early birth, though, means that human infants are helpless for much
longer than other primates, and such vulnerable infants require intelligent parents.
Because only a few of these ancient groups survived, humans are much less genetically
diverse than other primates, even though there are many more of us on the planet.
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And lest we run out of gas when food is short, the study also found that humans are
fatter than other primates, giving us energy stores to draw on in lean times.
It appears that relational learning is something that humans, even very young humans, are much better
at than other primates.»
Humans have more brain
neurons than any other primate — about 86 billion, on average, compared with about 33 billion neurons in gorillas and 28 billion in chimpanzees.