What advancements can come from them understanding us? How would it impact the world? These are questions that are trying to be figured out. But first, it has to be known on the difference between the human and animal brain and how they function. By learning this, it can be seen why or why not the animals can understand …show more content…
Humans combine the ideas and symbols to arrange them in a place that which gives meaning to objects and such things like the future or past. Apes don’t actively think about the future and what can come out of it. This has to do with cognition and self-awareness.
Although, Hutson does go on to state that because apes use gestures very flexibly and in an efficient manner, he believes that human language evolved from this basic form of signing that we see in the primates (Hutson,