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Apes are intellectually superior to dogs.
Literal
Apes [topic-は] intellectually [topic-は] dogs [than-より] upper rank [copula-である].
知的には ('intellectually speaking') uses な-adjective 知的 + adverbial に + contrastive は — 'as for being intellectual.' 上位 ('upper rank, higher position') + である creates the stative 'are superior' reading. A formal analytical sentence about animal cognition.