EVOLVING

So much for that 'intelligent design' theory. Just think, another 6,000 years and these gorillas will be voting Republican. Another 50,000 years and they'll evolve to Democrats. Scientists Photograph Wild Apes 'Using Tools' September 29, 2005 10:08 p.m. EST Matthew Borghese - All Headline News Staff Reporter Washington, D.C. (AHN) - Scientists are reporting a remarkable find, as two female gorillas have been photographed "using sticks as tools to get through swampy areas." The photos are the first time wild apes have been seen using tools. Thomas Breuer of the Wildlife Conservation Society and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, calls the find, "A truly astounding discovery." The team goes on to say that, "Although there are reports of tool use by captive gorillas, including object throwing and use of tools in feeding, there has been to our knowledge no reported case of tool use in by wild gorillas, despite decades of field research." Their work will be published in the Public Library of Science Biology, an online journal.