Human Ape
Humans are apes. Great apes. Apes all belong to the super-family Hominoidea. The great apes are the family Hominidae which we share with the Chimpanzees, Gorillas and the Orangutan.
Our DNA is less than 2 percent different from that of chimpanzees, so from a biological viewpoint, what is it that makes humans so different from the other great apes? Find out what our ape cousins can do - and what they can't.
Some facts:
Each individual chimpanzee has his or her own distinctive pant-hoot, or call, so that the caller can be identified with precision.
Orangutans have been observed making simple tools to scratch themselves. They also use leafy branches to shelter themselves from rain and sun, and sometimes even drape large leaves over themselves like a poncho.
Chimpanzees are approximately eight times stronger than the average human. Biologically, chimpanzees are more closely related to humans than they are to gorillas.
Bonobos substitute sex for aggression, and sexual interactions occur more often among bonobos than among other primates.
Orangutans' arms stretch out longer than their bodes - over 7 feet from fingertip to fingertip.
Is this considered as a primary or secondary source?
A very good doc. Only a little dated now (2016). It's too bad they didn't use any of the films of Franz De Waal's experiments concerning cooperation and empathy in primates. (they're available on Youtube - fascinating stuff) I'll be giving this one a nine.
it is fact not a just theory like religious book which tortured human for long time still today
u can challenged evolution if u have evidence .........it is science always ready to accept the truth
This is very interesting but they waste WAY too much time reassuring the veiwer of their superiority.
I think we all came from the Blob fish. Some more advanced, crawled up on shore, others crawled back into the sea. Did anyone see those pictures on Yahoo? The one looking directly at the camera looked like my ex Mother in law. =)
i am very serious of this ape..how can am ape become a human via rotation of earth...so we all were am ape ...this is cause by the evolution of earth
What I have learned so far (still have more to view): according to the tenets of the religion of Evolution, it is ingenious to urinate on your food. :P
It didn't really get in to how creative our minds our compared to the dull/reactionary minds of the ape. And we also have the ability to think outside of ourselves such as 3rd person such as lying and acting, also may fall under creativity. We can imagine ourselves being something else, we have ambitions and can conceive the spiritual world or god.
I clearly now understand that evolution would in-fact take place in extinction this reason to be said is an obvious answer. A species that underwent modification to adapt from previous genes the specie reproducing would transmit new information to their dna into the offspring’s. Years and years of this procedure would literally cause a common species to change its structure into something more profound, though it doesn’t mean that it will have more complex structures or cells that operate from previous ancestors. While this formation takes place in other babies previous structures will disappear overtime. In science wouldn’t you think previous structures been seen today, especially ancestors like Neanderthals whom would be walking around our earth with modern humans. I can estimate dna takes a great toll in evolution there must have been some genetic alteration either by the environment changes or the subconscious mind altering the whole population of the species. This idea again follows ape-men; if apes have been complex in their own dna structure wouldn’t they evolve into a non-complex orgasms, but better adaptive traits of their own kind. I find it odd that apes who underwent this law would only adapt to gain better physical traits, an ancient ape that evolved into a less adaptive human and then another evolution into a human. Though the ancient ape needed also to evolve to become more adaptive itself and afterwards became extinct, there is no logical sense.
A very interesting watch. I found the chimp's random number placement recall amazing. Hard after watching this to deny that we evolved from a common ancestor with the great apes. It makes many of the religious arguments, and human arrogance towards other species laughable.
suddenly i am craving a banana
I really enjoyed this documentary. Thank you TDF. Forgive me if I misuse some terminology. I am certainly no scientist. But I wonder if it can be postulated that, since the FoxP2 gene mutation has resulted in language and the consequent development of culture and technology and its transmission to subsequent generations, religion and mythology is perhaps just an example of social evolution being "stuck in neutral" or, in the case of current creationism fervor, a type of social devolution. I know it's probably a stretch, but it's interesting when thought of in that context.
the peanut in the tube test was dumb
they didnt show the children how to do it before the test
and they had mentioned the orangutans had prior experience
if you showed a child(3 year olds for sure) how to do it they would know
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lol
Unfortunately humans had discovered religion and went on a downward spiral since..
This is why testing on Great Apes must end now.
Ain't no chimp 8 times stronger than me...I just can buy that.
Fascinating documentary. I really enjoy learning about evolution.
Good doc.
The bit i found interesting was in the Learning Test section, where Billie the chimp dispensed with the by the rote example she learned by way of the scientist and the the black box routine, believed what her eyes told her and went straight for the prize where she could see it, as opposed to all the children tested, who went by rote, even though they could see the prize. I thought the conclusion drawn was strange, or perhaps, not fully realized. Yes, while this may denote the ability to learn complex steps in humans, i wonder had Billie not been able to get the prize the way she did, would she have fallen back to the method she learned from the black box experience. Given the termite tool test, it seems likely she would. Also, a conclusion i would be hard pressed to ignore would be that the children faithfully following the black box routine instead of believing the evidence of their eyes indicates a strong if not universal tendency in humans to disregard the obvious in the light of what, rational? Is this tendency what confidence men and the like rely upon when they perversely perpetrate their 'religions' and other shams upon the gullible and lemming like hordes?
Watching doc now and just had to jump in and comment about the "short-term" memory test and claim that apes are better at it than humans. That looked like more of a case of "photographic memory" I mean is "short-term" memory remembering what happened .65 milliseconds ago??? Love da doc tho.....
Several evolution deniers posting here have watched this documentary, and it doesn't seem to have changed their minds in the slightest. IMHO, denying the fact of evolution is aproximately on the same intellectual plane as insisting that the Earth is flat and the center around which the rest of the universe revolves. I wish we could all get over the false dichotomy that either God or evolution but not both can be real. Even among biologists with strong religious convictions, the percentage of them who deny the fact of evolution is very small.
One of the silliest claims made by religious believers is that only humans have souls. If there is such a thing as immortal souls, I can't imagine any valid justification for assuming that other living organisms are any less likely to have them than humans. Either all living organisms have some immortal essence that one could call a soul (that could perhaps be what distinguishes inanimate matter from living things), or none of them (including humans) do.
every evolution denier needs to be made to watch this doco
Unfortunately, this doc failed to distinguish the difference between Chimp selfish co-operation and the astonishing Bonobo altruistic co-operation with the plank test. Where Chimps failed, do to their Machiavellian thinking, Bonobos succeeded time after time, not only sharing the food, handing pieces over prior to even taking a bite. Nor does it mention the jaw-dropping long term memory capacities of Orangutans, their ability to think abstractly and draw conclusions after careful consideration. Nevertheless, quite informative ... I didn't know about the accidental discovery of the jaw muscle mutation, softening the skull to gradually accommodate a larger brain.
@hooty toledo.
Whether England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are independent countries is not subject to definition, It may be to opinion, but legally, politically, culturally etc, they are independent countries.
and the republic of Ireland is a different thing entirely as it is in no way joined to the United Kingdom politically.
The issue of Northern Ireland and the republic of Ireland is a separate one again.
Anyway, the point was they are independent countries and that is, legally and politically at least, not subject to definition.
There seems to be much (understandable) confusion regarding Britain/UK/England/Ireland/Wales/Scotland,etc. Hopefully this will help:
Great Britain is comprised of Wales, Scotland, and England. If you add Northern Ireland to that list then it is collectively known as the United Kingdom.
However as to whether England, Wales, Scotland, and N Ireland are considered independent countries seems subject to definition and opinion.
Sorry that wasn't specific/relevant to the doc, but i guess the subject of threads can evolve too...(see what i did there?)
As for the evolution vs creationism debate, it seems to come down to whether you can assess evidence with a rational mindset or not.