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We evolved. We have only to look at the pouting face of a young chimpanzee to laugh at its reflections of ourselves. We know that more then 98 percent of our genes are shared with the chimpanzee, but we feel the kinship directly when the furry baby puts up its arms to be held.
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Human consciousness becomes a terrible gift which challenges the power that gave it.
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If sex evolved so that your children are not condemned to be just like you, intelligence evolved so that you are not condemned to be just like yourself.
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Aristotle was famous for knowing everything. He taught that the brain exists merely to cool the blood and is not involved in the process of thinking. This is true only of certain persons.
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Alison Jolly
Born:
May 9, 1937
Died:
February 6, 2014
(aged 76)
Bio:
Alison Jolly was a primatologist, known for her studies of lemur biology.
Known for:
Lucys Legacy (1999)
Lemur behavior (1966)
The evolution of primate behavior (1972)
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