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Just positing a question/theory about primates/apes.

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It was specifically a video about the primate or ape Gigantopithecus. Now, something that caught my fancy, that was stated by the reactionist/YouTube personality, was that this ape, this early hominid if you would, which died out just prior to the arrival of humans or because of the arrival of humans. Give it a think.

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Honey, I Shrunk The Dinosaurs!

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There is a fantastic paper just out in Science : “Sustained miniaturization and anatomoical innovation in the dinosaurian anceestors of birds” by Michael Lee, Andrea Cau, Darren Naishe and Gareth Dyke. So, for example, humans are apes. and contains apes is referenced to indicate the complete clade. One could say that Lee et.al.

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The Geladas of Ethiopia

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Geladas are the sole survivors of a once abundant branch of primates that historically foraged across the grasslands of Africa, the Mediterranean and India. Their scientific name is Theropithecus gelada, the former word meaning “beast-ape” in Greek. they are the most terrestrial primate after humans. Gelada lip flare and yawn.

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