How have we humans become the Earth's dominant species- through our innate intelligence and our superior mental abilities? Not so, says Harvard's Joe Henrich in The Secret of Our Success. Surprisingly, primates such as chimpanzees actually eclipse humans in many forms of fluid intelligence, including working memory and information processing speed. Primates also perform better in various behavioural game theory …

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