On the evolutionary scale, *I* am superior!!!
Grumpy People May be More EvolvedBeing intolerant and short-tempered could be a sign of evolutionary superiority.
Researchers at Harvard gave chimpanzees and bonobos, two species of apes that are among the closest living relatives to humans, a variety of reward-based tasks. Chimpanzees, who can be quite grumpy, especially as they age, consistently outperformed the bonobos, who maintain a childlike playfulness throughout their lives.
Victoria Wobble, the project's leader, believes the chimps' ability to put aside their sociability is one of the reasons they are more intelligent and civilized than their genetically similar great ape cousins. She also thinks the evolutionary development of chimpanzees and bonobos could provide insight into our own species.
As for our buddy Oscar, we're pretty sure the well-known grouch is more intelligent than the average green Muppet, but he clearly loses evolutionary points for his squalid living conditions.
Peace Out,
~*~*~Krystal~*~*~
9 comments:
Hey Krystal..cool blog girl!..ty for the visits to WHT!:)
"Being intolerant and short-tempered could be a sign of evolutionary superiority."
Really? If being grumpy is a sign of superiority, I must be queen of the universe! ;)
WHT, I've been to your site multiple times over the several months. I've just started commenting. :)
Brooke, HA! Shall we reign together?
I always knew I was special.
Wow...new look :)
Jen, define "special".
Batman, yeah, I was in one of those rare chipper moods.
Oscars digs may seem squalid to you, Krystal, but they are a perfectly fine venue for Chicago Thug Politics. That, and Oscar seems perfectly happy; the more political deep dish Chicago-style ooze dripping down the side of his garbage can, the better.
special: bitchy beyond normal human parameters.
Or, depending on the day...
special: unable to form a cogent sentence
It's all in the eye of the beholder.
I love myself. :-)
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