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Killer Chimps Make Spears, Hunt Bushbabies
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| Thursday, February 22, 2007
| Charles Q. Choi
Posted on 02/22/2007 12:58:08 PM PST by Sopater
Chimpanzees are capable of making spears to hunt other primates and have been seen using the weapons to apparently kill bushbabies for meat, scientists announced today.
The researchers based their findings on observations of omnivorous chimpanzees that dwell in savannahs similar to those from which humanity's ancestors are thought to have emerged.
"It is not adult males, but young chimpanzees, including adolescent females, who are exhibiting this behavior," Jill Pruetz, a primatologist at Iowa State University, told LiveScience.
"This has important implications for how we think about the evolution of tool use in our own species," Pruetz added. "We have tended to emphasize the role of adult males in hunting, and this research supports the assertion that we should not ignore females and other individuals."
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: damndirtyapes; evolution; godsgravesglyphs; lancelink; matahairi; science
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posted on
02/22/2007 12:58:10 PM PST
by
Sopater
To: Sopater
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posted on
02/22/2007 1:00:17 PM PST
by
Jedi Master Pikachu
( What is your take on Acts 15:20 (abstaining from blood) about eating meat? Could you freepmail?)
To: Sopater
They are obviously evolving before our eyes, and we need to watch out or they will soon catch up with us.
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posted on
02/22/2007 1:00:39 PM PST
by
Brilliant
To: Sopater
Hmmm. Maybe about 1000 of these turned loose at the Democrat National Convention -- they would blend right in with the crowd....
4
posted on
02/22/2007 1:01:06 PM PST
by
EagleUSA
To: Sopater
Should have been obvious.
Females are (almost) always more vicious, no matter the species involved.
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posted on
02/22/2007 1:01:07 PM PST
by
ApplegateRanch
(Islam: a Satanically Transmitted Disease, spread by unprotected intimate contact with the Koranus.)
To: Sopater
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posted on
02/22/2007 1:02:34 PM PST
by
Sopater
(Creatio Ex Nihilo)
To: Brilliant
we need to watch out or they will soon catch up with us
They don't need to catch up with us, they only need to use their spears to kill us while being protected by the gov't so we can't kill them back.
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posted on
02/22/2007 1:03:54 PM PST
by
Sopater
(Creatio Ex Nihilo)
To: Sopater
Blame it on global warming...
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posted on
02/22/2007 1:05:38 PM PST
by
Kimmers
To: Brilliant
They are obviously evolving before our eyes, and we need to watch out or they will soon catch up with us.
Nonsense!
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posted on
02/22/2007 1:06:37 PM PST
by
HEY4QDEMS
(Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.)
To: Sopater
Killer chimps roaming the peaceful savannahs...when, oh when, are we going to have spear control. Those poor bush-babies. Do it for the children.
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posted on
02/22/2007 1:07:24 PM PST
by
seowulf
To: Sopater
Damn dirty apes
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posted on
02/22/2007 1:07:42 PM PST
by
clamper1797
(What's black and brown and looks good on a lawyer ... a pair of Doberman's)
To: HEY4QDEMS
You joke, but mark my words, the chimps will soon be getting better reading scores in the standardized tests, and the libs will tell us that it's because the chimps believe in evolution while we're still hyping the Bible.
To: Sopater; Tijeras_Slim; Fierce Allegiance
Killer Chimps Make Spears, Hunt Bushbabies I'd like to see 'em try to get past Secret Service.
To: Sopater
They love to watch porn too.
To: martin_fierro
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posted on
02/22/2007 1:14:56 PM PST
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: Sopater
"Global warming fuels speedy e-v-o-l-u..."
MORE
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posted on
02/22/2007 1:20:32 PM PST
by
Matchett-PI
(To have no voice in the Party that always sides with America's enemies is a badge of honor.)
To: Brilliant
Maybe they will have the answer for global warming?
To: Sopater
Killer DemoncRATS hunt Bushbabies was my first thought when I read the headlines.
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posted on
02/22/2007 1:26:56 PM PST
by
lilylangtree
(Veni, Vidi, Vici)
To: Sopater
have been seen using the weapons to apparently kill bushbabies for meatWell, are they, or aren't they?
Please surrender your Adverbial License.
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posted on
02/22/2007 1:27:37 PM PST
by
Tax-chick
(Every "choice" has a direct object.)
To: Sopater
We need to stop them now. They'll soon have yellow-cake and WMD's and decimate neighboring primates.
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posted on
02/22/2007 1:28:47 PM PST
by
azhenfud
(The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
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