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11 - Building a Natural Wonder

Growth, Development, and Life History

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2020

Kevin D. Hunt
Kevin D. Hunt
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Indiana University, Bloomington
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The structural similarity of chimpanzees and humans corresponds so closely that an early work on chimpanzee anatomy found it necessary to repeat the words “as in Man” 182 times in a 97-page work (see Chapter 7). Yet, this tale of similarity has a twist: To the casual observer the many micro-scale similarities between Homo and Pan are overwhelmed by undeniable macro-scale differences. Whether an expert or neophyte, one cannot fail to notice that chimpanzees have longer, thicker body hair, a jutting face, a smaller braincase, long arms – longer the closer one moves to the tips of their extraordinarily long fingers – short legs, and a very unhuman-like nose, a nose that is little more than two holes in the face. Anatomists who emphasize similarities have not overlooked these differences, but they more often drill down to the millimeter- or microscopic-scale, and here neurons, pulmonary alveoli, muscle fibers, tendons, and the arterial networks are nearly identical in chimpanzees and humans.

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Chimpanzee
Lessons from our Sister Species
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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