The Human Ape 9of10

Humans are apes. Great apes. Apes all belong to the superfamily 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.

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Education

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• evolution
• human
• ape
• national
• geographic

[q41n]

139 christian extremists watched this

[TRYCLOPS1]

Wow 138 dislikes? WTF is wrong with some people?!!! 

[dafronasmia]

@q41n i'm a catholic, and I believe in science:D you too, i guess:P

[AppleSouffle]

It's the Christian extremists who give so many thumbs down to the evolution videos. They've been attacking and killing anyone who disagreed with them ever since Christianity become the religion of the Roman Empire.

And yet, they're so wrong. The idea of hell came from a garbage dump near Jerusalem. It was smelly, so they burned the garbage, along with the bodies of executed criminals. Flames, bodies, that's where the idea of hell came from. It's in The History of the Devil, The History Channel.

[blazikenflashfire]

this is bollucks

[dondinero09]

@TRYCLOPS1 Christian's



[dondinero09]

@q41n hahahahaha true

[peronkop]

I wouldn't say a weak jaw muscle was the product of mutation. Mutations very rarely spread to an entier population since its only prominent in the individual and its direct offsprings. If fire was mastered by the homo erectus then their food would be easier to chew making a strong jaw redundant. How ever, to create fire you need to be pretty smart which means the brain must already have began to grow before the jaws got weaker. Intelligence is better than chewing power, so it selected for.

[ariesmajor]

Saying humans co-operate without self centered gain is also foolish, because....would you ever work at your job if you didn't get any money for it?

The video before this showed a chimp that "quit his job" after he found out he wasn't going to get any reward by helping out that other asshole ape get the food.

[ariesmajor]

2:56 is absolutely false. Humans are just as selfish, the only times we're not selfish is when its not life threatening or we have a ridiculous amount of excess. Kids look to parents to help them across species not just human, they expect to get their needs met, and if they don't they will either cry, or take them. Since most animals have a strong sense of protection over their offspring including humans, we cater to this. But on equal level 20 year old human vs another, selfishness prevails.