15 AMAZING FACTS ABOUT CHIMPANZEES

Chimpanzees, and their cousins the bonobos, are our closest evolutionary relatives. That doesn’t mean that we are descended from chimpanzees. Fact: Humans and chimps share a common ancestor from about 4 million years ago. That’s when the populations split, with humans evolving from one branch and the other becoming the common ancestor of chimpanzees and bonobos. [...]

10 TRUE FACTS ABOUT INTELLIGENCE

The concept of intelligence The word intelligence comes from the Latin word inteligere and means “to understand”. Intelligence is a mental characteristic that consists of the ability to learn from experience, adjust to new situations, understand and use abstract concepts, and use knowledge to mastering new situations. The concept of intelligence today is generally considered to be a set of [...]

EARTH FACTS

Earth is the third planet from the Sun and largest of the terrestrial planets. Surprisingly, while it is only the fifth largest planet in terms of size and mass, it is the densest (5,513 kg/m3) of all the planets. Earth is the only planet in the solar system not named after a mythological being. Instead, its name is derived from [...]