In a comparative cognitive study, human children outperformed same-age chimpanzees and bonobos in social cognition at ages 2, 3, and 4, but were not more proficient in physical cognition at age 2.
Notes on verification
Matches Wobber, Herrmann, Hare, Wrangham & Tomasello (2014) in Developmental Psychobiology; corroborated by multiple independent academic sources including publisher and university research portals. [tier=gold indep_score=0.95 clusters=3 claim_tier=notable]
Sources
- Comparative Cognitive Development (seed:psychology_and_neuroscience)
- https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/dev.21125 (corroboration)
- https://researchportal.port.ac.uk/en/publications/differences-in-the-early-cognitive-development-of-children-and-gr/ (corroboration)
- https://scholars.duke.edu/publication/954506 (corroboration)