Is it something innate in our cognitive capacity, or has it become more complex as time passes and we have adapted to evolutionary changes? Culture includes language, traditions, history, and values ​​among many other components. For example, we have built social norms and conventional customs: “The first thing I learned was to shake hands. The handshake demonstrates candor” (Kafka). However, these are not innate to us, but we learn them as we grow. Has Nim managed to grasp the meaning of human culture? Did growing up in an environment surrounded by people make him closer to “humanity” than “animalness”? Nim certainly understood basic human norms. For example, he learned to express affection through gestures such as hugs and to apologize for when he did something wrong. But has he acquired a sense of values, morals or ethics? As a young man he killed a cat, then attacked researchers more than once, and as an old man he almost killed the woman who first took care of him. Indeed, although Nim displayed a high level of intelligence, he was far from conceiving the world as a human being