The uniqueness of Man is shown by the fact that there is no real intellect in the animals — even the higher
apes show no propensity for learning other languages, for mathematics, science or art; nor do animals show evidence of free will — they are completely constrained by the material environment and by instinct.
The Time article, Up From
The Apes shows why: scientific understanding progresses as new discoveries are made, whereas pseudoscience stands still, forever beating the same drum.
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Most exposed monkeys and
apes show no signs of illness.
Not exact matches
Show us the evolution proof, that humans come from
apes.
A hairless
ape» — Schoenberg;» A mere insect, an ant...» — Church;» An accidental twig» — Gould;» A rope stretched over an abyss» — Nietzsche;» A fungus on the surface of one of the minor planets» — Du Maurier;» A jest, a dream, a
show, bubble, air...» — Thornbury; and» I see no reason for attributing to man a significant difference in kind from that which belongs to a grain of sand» — Oliver Wendell Holmes.
I am frankly sick of you people asking for one to
show you this and that, and when we do, its called «foul» «circ = ular argument» and all the other little fancy terms you scr -
ape up from your «God is Dirt.
DNA
shows that we have common descent through fish, mammals, and
apes (among many others) so whatever the probability — it happened.
Genetics alone
show the similarity between humans and other
apes.
And as for the origin of species and evolution in terms of the scientific method, that scientific method has given us the ability to decode the DNA genome of many animals, and to
show where, back in time, the various relatives of man and modern
apes, for example, branched off into separate species.
Thus the X-Royal has a gallery devoted to conical piles of dirt, and another where a video
shows a shirtless artist impersonating an
ape.
Piltdown man, discovered in 1911, was widely accepted by paleontologists; in 1953, fluorine tests and X-ray spectrographs
showed that a modern
ape's jawbone had been skillfully disguised to match a human upper skull.
2009 Oxford study
shows New Caledonian crows are thought to employ advanced cognitive abilities previously only thought present in humans and
apes.
NOWHERE does thatarticle
show or claim fossils and that they are common ancesotr with
apes... in FACT... they sait is is MYSTERIOUS ancestor... there is hardly AnY confidence that the Denisovans was a common ancestor to
apes or even «partly human»
We came second in the group, lets wait and see the draw before we all start going
ape s ** t. I'm thinking we should all hope to get Barcelona and any other giant club which claws it's way back on top, hoping against it has hardly ever worked, so bring on Barca and we'll
show them a thing or two about the new and improved A-Team.
Author Zanna Clay said that the findings
show that «more research needs to be done on our great
ape relatives before we can make conclusions about human uniqueness.
A new study
shows similar patterns in the evolution of gut bacteria and the primates they live in, suggesting that germs and
apes could have helped shaped one another.
Decades of research has
shown that
apes, in spite of their proverbial
aping abilities, are rather poor imitators, especially when compared to human children.
Further studies of casts of the inner braincase, which
show impressions from surface features of the brain, may help clarify N. alesi's position in
ape evolution, Nengo says.
Recently, however, researchers have found that other
apes, such as chimpanzees and gorillas, seem to
show signs of self - awareness, including recognizing and inspecting themselves in a mirror.
These viruses, originally from Africa, are thought to be caught from close contact with monkeys and
apes, their primary hosts, although they have also been isolated from bats that
show no symptoms.
ramidus
shows that none of these
ape - like changes were present in the last common ancestor of African
apes and humans.
A rare «chimpanzee archaeology» dig a decade ago
showed this
ape has been using stone tools for more than 4000 years.
«This
shows it is not just
apes and hominins that can select a tool using sophisticated methods,» says Visalberghi.
The fact that we evolved much less facial hair than the
apes suggests that our early ancestors may have found some advantage to letting their blushes
show.
The study
shows that great
apes, like humans, can store and retrieve precise information in their long - term memories, and anticipate impending events, a cognitive skill that likely helps them deal with social intrigue and avoid danger.
They
showed the films to six chimpanzees and six bonobos, and used eye - tracking technology to record the
apes» eye movements.
Only bacteria in the Bacteroidaceae and Bifidobacteriaceae families
showed cospeciation with their
ape hosts, with gut microbial diversity lowest in humans and highest in gorillas.
New research
shows that our
ape cousins share these tendencies, suggesting the response is rooted in our biology rather than in how we are socialized in our culture and economy.
Sometimes the
apes were
shown one piece of fruit each time they made the selection, but half the time they were given two: positive framing.
Although chimps» bodies are lean compared with those of humans, new measurements
show that these
apes burn calories more slowly than we do.
Although ideally all data would come from animals in the wild, other studies have
shown that TEE rates in captive and wild
apes are about the same, regardless of activity levels, Van Schaik notes.
He points to the fact that fossil hominines — a group whose descendants include African
apes and humans — have been found in Europe dating to 12.5 million years ago, but they don't conclusively
show up in the African fossil record until 7 million years ago.
«Ochman and colleagues
show that human evolution was accompanied by both a rapid divergence of the microbiome from the microbiome of
apes, and a drastic loss of diversity of the microbial community,» says Thomas Bosch of the Christian Albrechts University in Kiel, Germany.
Eye - tracking — a commonly used technique to gauge mental abilities in preverbal children and
apes —
showed infants stared significantly longer at scenes where the unexpected object appeared behind the barrier, suggesting they were confused by the reveal.
The bone also
shows that A. afarensis had abandoned the flexible midfoot that
apes use to grasp tree branches, in favor of an arch that makes upright walking more efficient.
The researchers were surprised by the findings because these African
apes — our closest relatives in the animal kingdom along with chimpanzees — have been
shown to be less aggressive than chimps.
Analysis revealed that for males, DupB + / - individuals
showed significantly higher rates of scratching than DupB - / -
apes.
The two species also
show other dental features that group them with later Old World monkeys and
apes, but are still different enough to be classified as separate — and more ancient — species.
Three years ago, pairs of rooks were
shown to cooperate on a similar task, causing a stir among primatologists who had previously assumed that only great
apes had the necessary combination of sociality and intelligence.
Using props and examples from the fossil record, the scientists
showed how the very adaptations that have made humans so successful — such as upright walking and our big, complex brains — have been the result of constant remodeling of an ancient
ape body plan that was originally used for life in the trees.
«In addition, our study has
shown that there is a mosaic evolution of the three species, in the sense that some features are shared by humans and bonobos, others by humans and common chimpanzees, and still others by the two
ape species,» said Rui Diogo, lead author of the paper and associate professor of anatomy at Howard University.
But 19 genes
showed significant shifts in expression between humans and
apes.
The results
show that the giant
ape's habitat was restricted to forested areas — even though the
ape was presumably too heavy to climb trees.
The observed disease pattern strongly suggests the virus is also passing from
ape to
ape through direct contact, just as it has been
shown to do in humans.
As he pulls out drawers and talks about the casts, Meldrum
shows ones with the hallmarks of hoax and others that intrigue him because of anatomy, hair striations, musculature and an apparent midtarsal break — a pair of joints in the middle of the
ape foot that have less mobility in the human foot because of the arch.
This
showed researchers that bipedal walking was a key trait of humans and our ancestors, the group called hominins — but not of living
apes and their ancestors.
Recent studies have
shown multiple differences between humans and
apes in sialic acid (Sia) biology, including Siglecs (Sia - recognizing - Ig - superfamily lectins).