Are You Smarter Than a Chimpanzee?

By Ben Ambridge Profile Books £12.99

Could it be that animals such as dogs, marmosets, pigeons and elephants have the mental capacity to outsmart us? Yes, thinks psychologist Ben Ambridge, who uses interactive puzzles, tests and games to pit us against the best brains nature can offer. What starts as a playful exploration of the complicated nature of intelligence moves on to confront the notion that human brains deserve exalted status. We are amazing, yes, but partly because, so often and for so long, we wrote the questions.

Jules Howard Wildlife writer