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Lauren Ganze

Neanderthals, Humans Interbred-First Solid DNA Evidence - 1 views

    • Lauren Ganze
       
      did they disappear solely because of other hominid species (humans)?
  • The results showed that Neanderthal DNA is 99.7 percent identical to modern human DNA, versus, for example, 98.8 percent for modern humans and chimps, according to the study.
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  • Neanderthals, like modern humans, are thought to have arisen on the continent.
  • Though no fossil evidence has been found for Neanderthals and modern humans coexisting in Africa,
  • interbreeding occurred just after our species had left Africa
  • Neanderthals, the study team says, probably mixed with early Homo sapiens just after they'd left Africa but before Homo sapiens split into different ethnic groups and scattered around the globe.
  • 60,000 years ago
Talya Freidman

So Like Us | About Chimpanzees | Chimpanzees | the Jane Goodall Institute of Canada - 2 views

  • Chimpanzees and humans differ by just over one percent of DNA. In fact biologically, chimpanzees are more closely related to humans than t
    • Talya Freidman
       
      This reminds me of what we learned in class, about how similar our DNA is to chimps, it only differentiates by one letter in the DNA code.
  • and humans differ by just over one percent of DNA. In fact biologically, chimpanzees are more closely related to humans tha
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  • Chimpanzees become sexually mature between the ages of 10 and 13
    • Talya Freidman
       
      Chimp babies mature a lot faster than human babies. However at the same time, there is also a higher rate of mortality for the young chimps.
  • both have an insatiable appetite for play, are extremely curious, learn through observation and imitation,
  • The anatomy of the chimpanzee brain and central nervous system is startlingly similar to our own.
  • Chimpanzees and humans belong to the animal order “primates”
  • belong to the superfamily hominoid
  • Chimpanzees and humans belong to the animal order “primates”.
  • Large brains
  • opposable thumbs
  • flexible joints
  • belong to the superfamily hominoid
  • chimpanzees and humans share the most similar genetic makeup, sharing 98.6% of our genes.
  • Females show their first very small sexual swellings at age eight or nine, but are not sexually attractive to the older males until they reach age 10 or 11.
  • almost every young chimp gets lost from their mother at some point during their exploration.
  • chimps have a long childhood
  • Bonds
  • likely to persist throughout life.
  • This learning is the means by which certain actions are passed from one generation to the next—the beginnings of culture.
  • capable of intellectual performances
  • capable of reasoned thought
  • memory
  • symbolic representation
  • feel and express emotions
  • chimpanzees can be taught human languages
  • skills on computers
  • wide range of complex emotions
  • possess an almost human-like enjoyment of physical contact, laughter, and community.
  • chimpanzees can learn from humans
  • Language is believed to have played a major role:
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    This website mainly describes the similarity between apes and humans as well as some of the main differences. Jane Goodall's discoveries are also mentioned briefly.
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