Teaching Primates To Farm

I know you are going to tell me that I have been watching too many movies,

but I actually think we can teach other primates to farm.

Remember,

when homo sapiens first started becoming farmers instead of hunter-gatherers,

that is when our species really took off.

We built cities,

governments,

and a new social structure.

Most people know who

Koko

was,

a lowland gorilla who could communicate with us using a form of the

American Sign Language.
So other primates can be taught to learn something new
and we know they can communicate with one another.

This picture shows Koko with her pet cat.
Is man the only animal with pets?

   We have evidence of orangutans,

after watching human beings,

figure out how to use our tools.

  We have monkeys riding bicycles
and doing other human activities.

The list goes on

and on.

My theory is,

since all primates have a social order already,

if we can teach some of their leaders to farm,

then they will teach the others of their group to do the same.
We give a group of primates a parcel of land
and let's see what happens.

You never know.

Soon they could be making huts,

clothing,

and running for office in a government of their own making.

This is,

Just A Thought,

Jim Hauenstein,

And,

“A century ago, people laughed at the notion that we were descended from monkeys. Today, the individuals most offended by that claim are the monkeys.”
- Jacob M. Appel -

That is my story and I am sticking to it!

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