The Evolution of the Chimpanzee
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 July 2020
Paleontologists face challenges seldom encountered in the scientific world. Their task is to put flesh – and behavior, if possible – on the bones of long-dead animals. Yet rarely do they have more than a handful of fossilized scraps. True, now and then a joyous cry echoes through the halls of academe as a half-skeleton of some important primate species is announced, but such rapturous events are rare. Instead, a typical haul is a chipped-up elbow or an inch or two of jaw with a tooth or two. Nature seems almost to be plotting against us.
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