That’s how old chimpanzee “Ai,” Japan’s famous primate “genius,” became.
🧠 Pioneer of cognition: Ai recognized more than 100 Chinese characters, the entire English alphabet, the numbers 0–9, and 11 colors. On a touchscreen, she even assembled virtual apples from shapes — faster than some students.
🔬 A legend since 1977: A Kyoto University star and mother of memory prodigy Ayumu. Her career reshaped research on perception, learning, memory, and how knowledge is passed from mothers to their young.
Ai’s life’s work shows how close primate cognition is to our own — and why long-term research with high animal welfare standards matters. ❤️
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