20th Century Fox has released a new ape research video from director Rupert Wyatt‘s forthcoming film, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, featuring an experiment from the Primate Research Institute at Kyoto University showing that chimpanzees have startling photographic memories–they easily beat humans.

Check it out below!

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zz7ShiQqLQg[/youtube]

Synopsis:

A single act of both compassion and arrogance leads to a war unlike any other — and to the RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES. The Oscar-winning visual effects team that brought to life the worlds of Avatar and Lord of the Rings is breaking new ground, creating a CGI ape that delivers a dramatic performance of unprecedented emotion and intelligence, and epic battles on which rest the upended destinies of man and primate.

Rise of the Planet of the Apes, directed by Rupert Wyatt and starring James Franco, Brian Cox, Andy Serkis, John Lithgow, Freida Pinto and Tom Felton is slated to hit theaters on August 5th, 2011.