Chimp Understands Rock, Paper, Scissors

Japanese primatologists have discovered that chimpanzees are capable of understanding the rock, paper, scissors game. An experiment showed the chimpanzee repeatedly choosing the winning hand sign in the game in exchange for treats. The study aimed to see whether chimpanzees could understand a transverse pattern by learning the rules of the game in which paper beats rock, rock beats scissors and scissors beats paper. The chimpanzee’s performance was comparable to that of a 4-year-old child.