Word: aping
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...these fragmentary fossils, especially the teeth, that convinced Haile-Selassie that he had discovered a new human ancestor. Although apelike, the lower canines and upper premolars, in particular, display certain traits found only in the teeth of later hominids--the term scientists use to describe ourselves and our non-ape ancestors. They also differ in shape from the teeth of all known fossil and modern apes. Even the way in which the teeth had been worn down was telling. Explains Haile-Selassie's thesis adviser, Berkeley paleontologist Tim White: "Apes all sharpen their upper canines as they chew. Hominids...
...discovered bones and teeth with those of Ardipithecus ramidus, a 4.4 million-year-old hominid found in the Middle Awash in the early 1990s that was the previous record holder, he realized that the two creatures were very similar. But the older one's teeth, while different from an ape's, do have a number of characteristics that are decidedly more apelike than those of the younger hominid...
...because of the chaos the country has fallen into and the brutal economics of development, the orange apes were on the verge of a grisly distinction, in danger of becoming the first ape to disappear from the wild. Perhaps 5,000-6,000 survive on Sumatra, half the number that existed as recently as 1998. There are 10,000-15,000 on Borneo, a decline of one-third in the same period. "Orangutan survival totally depends on the survival of the tropical forest," says Birute Galdikas. "It's as simple as that." Galdikas has been studying orangutans since the late...
...SIMIAN www.ikda.co.uk/simian GO APE A high-bandwidth music and design extravaganza. It's a little out there - has Earth been overrun by monkeys? - but it proves the Internet can enhance listening to music...
...Alfred Papai, 37, admitting illness is unthinkable: Who, then, would support his wife and child back home? But already, nausea, headaches, dizziness, skin rashes and vomiting are part of his daily routine. Ape, as Alfred's friends call him, works in a processing unit like Femmy's. He has difficulty just holding a fork or spoon in his hands, which tremble as he stretches them out in front of his taut, muscular frame. His wife, who lives with their daughter on the island of Sangir, north of Manado, has asked him to find other work, but the money...