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SPECIESISM, by Joan Dunayer, Part Deux

Animal Person

Today's nonhuman apes don't represent earlier stages in human development. Our common-ape like ancestor lived about 15 million years ago. Citing abilities such as nonhuman great apes' ability to learn human languages suggest that animal rights advocates seek nonhuman participation in human society.

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The Secrets Inside Your Dog’s Mind

4 The Love Of Animals

Hare suspects that the evolutionary pressures that turned suspicious wolves into outgoing dogs were similar to the ones that turned combative apes into cooperative humans. That’s a skill that seems to be limited to great apes and humans. Foxes that slunk back in fear and snapped their teeth didn’t get to breed.

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