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Humans More Related To Orangutans Than Chimps, Study Suggests
sciencedaily ^ | June 18, 2009

Posted on 06/21/2009 2:43:01 PM PDT by JoeProBono

New evidence underscores the theory of human origin that suggests humans most likely share a common ancestor with orangutans, according to research from the University of Pittsburgh and the Buffalo Museum of Science. Reporting in the June 18 edition of the Journal of Biogeography, the researchers reject as "problematic" the popular suggestion, based on DNA analysis, that humans are most closely related to chimpanzees, which they maintain is not supported by fossil evidence.

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To: SunkenCiv
She was hot stuff. Wound up marrying Zanuck

Zanuck? Is that the little alien guy that drops in on Fred Flintstone when he's in trouble? :) Seriously, never heard of him.

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41 posted on 06/21/2009 6:28:14 PM PDT by ETL (ALL the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: JoeProBono

I wish they could make up their minds already. Now I’ll have to change the guest list for our family reunion.....


42 posted on 06/21/2009 6:28:57 PM PDT by CharlesWayneCT
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To: nmh

43 posted on 06/21/2009 6:30:22 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: JoeProBono

You said 'minkey'

44 posted on 06/21/2009 6:52:45 PM PDT by Ken H
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To: SunkenCiv; P-Marlowe

Too bad.

I always liked Cheetah just as much as Clyde. In some ways more. Clyde would be better to sit down and have a beer with, but Cheetah would be the party animal.


45 posted on 06/21/2009 7:47:08 PM PDT by xzins (Chaplain Says: Jesus befriends those who seek His help.)
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To: JoeProBono

WOW! No Helen Thomas pictures yet!!


46 posted on 06/21/2009 8:34:31 PM PDT by Ghengis
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To: Ghengis
Okay, you had to twist my arm, didn't you... Photobucket
47 posted on 06/21/2009 11:33:48 PM PDT by IYellAtMyTV (Workday Forecast--Increasing pressure towards afternoon. Rum likely by evening.)
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To: JoeProBono

Jeffrey H. Schwartz still a nutcase after all these years. When he dies this idea will die with him.


48 posted on 06/22/2009 4:40:53 AM PDT by Varda
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To: JoeProBono

They get into some real stretches of logic when it comes to the geography of orangutans vs. early man. Chimps simply make more sense assuming the “out of Africa” origin of man.


49 posted on 06/22/2009 7:33:20 AM PDT by BJClinton (One Big Ass Mistake America)
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To: IYellAtMyTV

LOL! I was looking for that one on my HD. Thanks!


50 posted on 06/22/2009 7:54:27 AM PDT by Ghengis
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To: JoeProBono
Humans More Related To Orangutans Than Chimps, Study Suggests

Are orangutans more likely than chimps to eat your FACE?

51 posted on 06/22/2009 7:58:39 AM PDT by SIDENET ("Join me or die. Can you do any less?" -Mr. Sparkle)
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To: JoeProBono; GodGunsGuts
Looks like != is

Schwartz and Grehan scrutinized the hundreds of physical characteristics often cited as evidence of evolutionary relationships among humans and other great apes—chimps, gorillas, and orangutans—and selected 63 that could be verified as unique within this group (i.e., they do not appear in other primates). Of these features, the analysis found that humans shared 28 unique physical characteristics with orangutans, compared to only two features with chimpanzees, seven with gorillas, and seven with all three apes (chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans). Gorillas and chimpanzees shared 11 unique characteristics.

52 posted on 06/22/2009 8:05:27 AM PDT by AndrewC (Metanoia)
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To: JoeProBono

I had always understood that to be the case because of their complex group hunting behavior. Chimps are far less sophisticated.


53 posted on 06/22/2009 10:27:27 AM PDT by marsh2
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To: Ghengis
You're welcome! Hers a bonus pic...

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See, they are just like us! LOL

54 posted on 06/22/2009 6:33:59 PM PDT by IYellAtMyTV (Workday Forecast--Increasing pressure towards afternoon. Rum likely by evening.)
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To: IYellAtMyTV

Grrr...
“hers” = “heres”


55 posted on 06/22/2009 6:36:31 PM PDT by IYellAtMyTV (Workday Forecast--Increasing pressure towards afternoon. Rum likely by evening.)
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56 posted on 12/26/2014 11:40:25 AM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/ _____________________ Celebrate the Polls, Ignore the Trolls)
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