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And anyway, older chimps don't really babysit for anyone in their groups, even though this isn't uncommon in other primate species.
even though this isn't uncommon in other primate species.
Anyway, many suggest that because we branch off the same evolutionary tree as our primate contemporaries, surely we're also primarily vegetarian.
Anyway, many suggest that because we branch off the same evolutionary tree as our primate contemporaries, surely we're also primarily vegetarian.
I mean, I would say, to begin with, that the systems that you use to deal with radical uncertainty are the same systems that your primate ancestors evolved to deal with snakes.
I mean, I would say to begin with that the systems that you use to deal with radical uncertainty are the same systems that your primate ancestors evolved to deal with snakes.
More so than any other primate species to our knowledge, we have evolved to rely on cooperatively living in groups to survive.
Our species is exceptionally social, more so than any other primate species to our knowledge.
The snow monkeys of Japan live further north than any other non-human primate.
than any other nonhuman primate.
But today, no other placental mammal that we know of prefers one side of the body so consistently, not even our closest primate relatives.
not even our closest primate relatives.
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Interestingly, human have the largest penis of any primate, both in absolute size and relative to body proportion.
Interestingly, humans have the largest penis of any primate, both in absolute size and relative to body proportion, so you can be proud of that.
But the many underlying genetic factors that differentiate the human brain from our nearest primate cousins are virtually unknown.
from our nearest primate cousins are virtually unknown.
This is a very old video from the Yerkes Primate Center