In fantastic news on the education front, Duke researchers have determined that chimpanzees now equal American college students in some mathematical skills. According to Reuters "...study pitted the ape math team of Boxer and Feinstein -- two female chimps named for U.S. senators Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein of California -- with 14 Duke University students."(I'm not making this up, click on headline to read the full story)
At the end of the experiment all the participants received appropriate compensation. "As for the teams, both were paid. Boxer and Feinstein got their favorite reward: a sip of Kool-Aid soft drink. As for the students, they got $10 each -- enough for a beer or two."
While some say our educational system is falling behind the rest of the world, we are holding our own against the animal kingdom.
