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Why are there no nonhuman primates with an existing complex gestural language? One possible answer, ...

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Carl SaganDragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence

Our probable ancestors, Homo erectus and Homo habilis -now extinct- are classified as of the same ge...

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Carl SaganDragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence

One of the great commandments of science is, 'Mistrust arguments from authority'. (Scientists, being...

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Carl SaganThe Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

If we look straight and deep into a chimpanzee's eyes, an intelligent self-assured personality looks...

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No existing form of anthropoid ape is even remotely related to the stock which has given rise to man...

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A century ago, people laughed at the notion that we were descended from monkeys. Today, the individu...

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Getting even was the basis of many primate semantic confusions, such as"expropriating the expropriat...

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Never call anyone a baboon unless you are sure of your facts.