Chimps beat humans in memory test.Restatement summary

Young chimps outperformed university students in memory tests according to Japanese scientists. Until now, it was well known, that chimps could not match humans in memory and other metal skills. However, it was proved by scientists who tested 3 pairs of mother and baby chimpanzees against students. During the experiment ,each subject was presented with numbers from 1 to 9 on a touch screen monitor. Surprisingly, chimps performed much better than students, their mothers and even adult humans. Moreover, this research is the evidence that young chimps have a photographic memory and they can remember complex subjects at glance. To sum up,this experiment is as "ground -breaking", because chimps are the closest living relatives and they can inform us about evolutionary heritage.