Chimpanzees---Aliens Among Us

I keep reading these stories on Chimpanzees. How they have been spotted making and using tools kits, practicing art and communication and now teaching their young how to dismantle, destroy and avoid traps.

Now wild gorillas have been spotted doing the same things...simply amazing.

This means, for those of you who are keeping track, advanced tool usage has been seen in every great ape species. In the wild.
In captivity they are even more amazing.

Right about now you must be asking yourself, "What does any of this have to do with Space?"

Here's my answer: What if the first alien species we make contact with isn't an alien at all? Just a long lost relative we haven't communicated with in quite some time...