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28 - Into the Light

Semliki Chimpanzees

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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Paleontologists are a contentious lot. Consider the simple question “How many species are there in the genus Homo?” Paleontologists cannot agree. When it comes to more complicated problems all hell breaks loose. Why did the traits that most characterize our species evolve? What drove the evolution of big brains? Of hairlessness? Of language and pair bonding? Ask 10 paleontologists and you will get 10 answers.

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Chimpanzee
Lessons from our Sister Species
 , pp. 473 - 498
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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  • Into the Light
  • Kevin D. Hunt, Indiana University, Bloomington
  • Book: Chimpanzee
  • Online publication: 10 July 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316339916.028
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  • Kevin D. Hunt, Indiana University, Bloomington
  • Book: Chimpanzee
  • Online publication: 10 July 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316339916.028
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