2007: An Earth Odyssey

And now it's time for something completely different!

Researchers in Senegal have recently discovered a troop of chimpanzees that create hunting weapons. This is a strange development - chimps have used tools, such as blades of grass, to gather food before, but not to hunt.

Even more interesting, all ye scientists and generals of the hunt, is that fully 2/3 of the chimps developing and using the new hunting "technology" are female.

I can just see us gathering around the obelisk as I write this.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/22/AR2007022201007.html