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TARZAN of the Apes
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- TARZAN of the Apes
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Edgar Rice Burroughs
Chapter I Out To Sea
Chapter II The Savage Home
Chapter III Life And Death
Chapter IV The Apes
Chapter V The White Ape
Chapter VI Jungle Battles
Chapter VII The Light Of Knowledge
Chapter VIII T...
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Center for Great Apes
- Its primary purpose is to provide a permanent sanctuary in a safe and enriching environment for orangutans and chimpanzees in need of long-term life care … specifically those who have been used in entertainment, kept as pets by private owners, or served a...
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Long Foreground -Overview of Human Origins
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- Overview of Human Origins - page 1 - Our species has been so successful in spreading over the world and changing it, sometimes more to our liking, that it is difficult to see ourselves in relation to other forms of life, to see ourselves in nature. We ha...
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Infraorder Tarsiformes
- Tarsiers have extremely successful adaptations for leaping, their tibia and fibula are fused and two tarsal bones are elongated (hence their name). Tarsiers appear to be intermediate between prosimians (strepsirrhines) and monkeys and this has causaed a l...
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Chimpanzee and Human Communication Institute
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- Welcome to CWU's Chimpanzee and Human Communication Institute. The institute cares for a unique family of five chimpanzees who have acquired the signs of American Sign Language and use those signs in conversations with each other and their human companio...
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Edgar Rice Burroughs
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- The Land That Time Forgot
The People That Time Forgot
Tarzan of the Apes
The Return of Tarzan
The Beasts of Tarzan
The Son of Tarzan
Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar
Jungle Tales of Tarzan
Tarzan the Untamed
A Princess of Mars
The Gods of...
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Orang-outang, orang-utan or orangutan - a plea for diversity
- Apes are the closest relatives to humans on the planet that we share with them. They show at least the same parental devotion to their young. Many are better parents. They are stronger and more agile than humans and they come quite near to humans in intel...
Reviewer: J. Nicol |
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Prosimians
- Some taxomonies use the term prosimii for a primate suborder including groups of primitive primates distinct from the anthropoids (sub-order anthropoidea, including monkeys, apes and humans). The prosimian category includes lemurs, lorises, and tarsiers,...
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Suborder: Strepsirrhini
- Extant prosimians are the lemurs, indris, sifakas, aye-ayes, bushbabies, lorises and pottos. They tend to have retained more early mammalian characteristics than other primates, for example they are more likely to have: claws (though at least one nail is...
Reviewer: J. Nicol |
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Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
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- Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (1707-1788) Sometimes it is hard to imagine how revolutionary an idea was, especially when that idea is currently accepted as common knowledge. Many such ideas appear simple and are often taught at the elementary sc...
Source/Host: UC Berkeley |
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