apes
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The study also found that apes living in larger groups tended to be more selective about where they invested their social attention, a trend that has also been observed in human social networks.
From Science Daily • May 31, 2026
This means our species parted ways with the other great apes, and evolved for kids to be raised not by one or even two parents, but by parents plus helpers.
From Slate • May 10, 2026
Attenborough wanted to explain how the development of thumbs and fingers allowed apes to grip tools.
From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026
The Rwanda trip, Mr. Attenborough says, wasn’t supposed to be about gorillas at all, but rather the opposable thumb, one of the significant characteristics we share with the great apes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
The show claimed that when apes and chimps smile it’s only to bare their teeth in a grimace of hate or aggression or terror.
From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman
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