American Morning

Can animals think like humans?


A chimpanzee relaxes at the Safari Park in Ramat Gan near Tel Aviv, Israel. (Getty Images/File)

(CNN) – Our pets sometimes seem to have better lives than us, but would you treat an animal differently if it could think more like you? Reason more like you? TIME magazine is taking a look at the great divide between man and beast and whether we're not that far apart after all. TIME science editor Jeff Kluger joined us on Thursday's American Morning to explain the sliding scale by which animals – from humans to bugs – have the ability to reason. Watch