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Chimpanzees Mourn Their Dead?

Critter News

I've read of the mountain gorillas in Virunga grieving over the loss of a silverback. Heck, even my cats visibly missed old Charlotte who died last August. This is because they quote some guy from the USC Jane Goodall Research Center who throws doubt on the premise. Tags: chimpanzees jane goodall animal research.

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What happened with Archaeopteryx?

10,000 Birds

Cats have eight on each side on top, and seven on the bottom. Among apes, many are probably larger than their ancestors (gorillas are blown-up versions of a chimp-like ancestor) but some are not (gibbons are probably smaller than their common ancestor with chimps). Horses have six upper and lower on each side.

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