>Ah well. Perhaps my best response is to direct you to
>http://www.aristotle.net/~diogenes/intellec.htm

I've gotten this kindof response before, it doesn't seem appropriate here. First of all, you can't equate my worldview to solipsism (which happens to be the second most unintersting perspective on existence I've heard of).

Secondly, the articles I posted are recent, and as far as I know, observe phenomena that haven't been observed or recorded until now. Simply brushing them off because my other arguments sound similar to arguments you've heard before hardly seems honest. Don't you think that non-human animals fashioning tools out of human material and watching a chimp beat his mate provide insight as to who we are and how we fit in?