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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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Of Birds and Bigfoots

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Birds are less compelling to human interest than our fellow primates, in many regards, but surely they are more arresting than a big wad of tentacled whale chow. Now why should this be? Birds cryptids Eskimo Curlew Ivory-billed Woodpecker'

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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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What happened with Archaeopteryx?

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But it is utterly bewildering to me to see news reports about this recent science that read “… An icon knocked from its perch&# or “Archaeopteryx no longer first bird.&# This has happened before, Archaeopteryx and the bird family tree have had an often tenuous relationship.

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