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Apes Make and Use Tools

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Apes Make and Use Tools
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Apes Make and Use Tools
August 28, 2012 at 1:05 pm
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RE: Apes Make and Use Tools
August 28, 2012 at 1:10 pm
When I was young, there was a god with infinite power protecting me. Is there anyone else who felt that way? And was sure about it? but the first time I fell in love, I was thrown down - or maybe I broke free - and I bade farewell to God and became human. Now I don't have God's protection, and I walk on the ground without wings, but I don't regret this hardship. I want to live as a person. -Arina Tanemura

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RE: Apes Make and Use Tools
August 28, 2012 at 2:22 pm
"Inside every Liberal there's a Totalitarian screaming to get out"

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RE: Apes Make and Use Tools
August 28, 2012 at 2:32 pm
Save a life. Adopt a greyhound.
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RE: Apes Make and Use Tools
August 28, 2012 at 2:44 pm (This post was last modified: August 28, 2012 at 2:47 pm by festive1.)
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RE: Apes Make and Use Tools
August 28, 2012 at 3:19 pm
Yeah, the more we investigate the vocalizations of rhesus monkeys, the more attributes of a language it seem to possess. That's only because in the wild, the habits of rhesus monkeys makes their vocalizations relative ease to investigate. We don't even know what chimp vocalizations really contain, because their habits makes it difficult for us to evesdrop.

But certainly groups of chimps in the wild exhibit behavior suggestive of group discussion in formulating group plans.
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RE: Apes Make and Use Tools
August 28, 2012 at 3:53 pm
Nothing new here, we've been doing it for years Tongue
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RE: Apes Make and Use Tools
August 29, 2012 at 1:44 am
I once saw a video of an ape in some lab playing a piano. I thought it was interesting that it was playing what sounded like notes only of the pentatonic scale. Pentatonic scale is commonly found in societies with a more primitive understanding of music.
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RE: Apes Make and Use Tools
August 29, 2012 at 2:21 am
So apes will evolve in their own way,but how much time will this need before they will get so crazy as homo sapiens.
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RE: Apes Make and Use Tools
August 29, 2012 at 2:31 am
Loads of animals use tools. Only a few make them. Fascinating, isn't it? Nice reminder that we're not so special after all, huh, A theist?
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