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To: Amberdawn

exactly. Here is a quote from the article “And he was encouraged to interact with humans and copy them.”

The HUGE difference is that humans had no one to copy, no one to mimic and no one to teach them. When a monkey comes up with this on his own, then it is news.


5 posted on 01/02/2012 2:18:12 PM PST by marstegreg
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To: marstegreg

I wonder if this Bonobo has been in L.A. lately....?


8 posted on 01/02/2012 2:27:10 PM PST by Amberdawn
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To: marstegreg
The HUGE difference is that humans had no one to copy, no one to mimic and no one to teach them.

You mean you don't know about the Ancient Astronauts?

Seriously, bonobos (p. paniscus) are very different from 'regular' chimpanzees (p. troglodytes). I think they deserve their own genus.

9 posted on 01/02/2012 2:31:02 PM PST by Grut
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To: marstegreg

Lots of dispute about your assertion: “humans had no one to copy, no one to mimic and no one to teach them.”


11 posted on 01/02/2012 2:35:21 PM PST by GregoryFul (Obama - Jim Jones redux)
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To: marstegreg

>>When a monkey comes up with this on his own, then it is news.<<

It is impossible to note that one became POTUS without being accused of being racist. Of course I mean the “monkey see, monkey do” way he got elected. Not an original thought in his or, more importantly, his handlers’ head(s).


16 posted on 01/02/2012 2:45:04 PM PST by freedumb2003 (Spoiler Alert! The secret to Terra Nova: THEY ARE ALL DEAD!!!)
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To: marstegreg
kinda like the OWS-ers... they LOVE money but have no idea how to make it on their own
29 posted on 01/02/2012 4:27:58 PM PST by Chode (American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: marstegreg

You have a point but since the first human figured out how to make fire how many other humans figured it out on their own and how many just learned it from someone who learned it?


39 posted on 01/03/2012 4:54:48 PM PST by TigersEye (Life is about choices. Your choices. Make good ones.)
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