Greek god genus of the bonobo & the chimpanzee
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Bonobo  Bonobo - Pigmy Chimpanzee Pan paniscus. The Scientific Name comes from the ancient Greek deity, Pan, a creature with a goat's body, a person's torso, and...
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Chimpanzee - New World Encyclopedia  Anatomical differences between common chimpanzees and bonobos are slight. ... a ancient Greek nature deity, and applied it as the genus name of the animal.
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Pan (genus) - Wikimedia Commons  Dec 27, 2015 ... For the Greek god, see Category:Pan (mythology). ... English : Chimpanzees; Akan : Akaatia; Alemannisch : Schimpansen;  : ...
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Chimpanzee - Wikipedia  Chimpanzees (sometimes called chimps) are one of the two species of the genus Pan, the other being the bonobo. Together with gorillas, they are the only exclusively African species of great ape that are currently extant. Native to sub-Saharan Africa, both chimpanzees and bonobos are currently .... The name is a reference to Pan, the Greek god of nature and wilderness.
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Bonobo: The Forgotten Ape - The New York Times  Whereas selection of the chimpanzee as the touchstone of human evolution .... Oddly enough, the bonobo's genus name, Pan, derives from the Greek god of...
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Sphinx - Wikipedia  A sphinx is a mythical creature with the head of a human and the body of a lion. In Greek tradition, it has the head of a human, the haunches of a lion, and ... The Great Sphinx has become an emblem of Egypt, frequently appearing on its .... of the deity Vishnu; this avatar or incarnation is depicted with a human body and the...
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Chimpanzee - Wikipedia  The spelling chimpanzee is found in a 1758 supplement to Chamber's Cyclopdia. ... An alternative Theranthropus was suggested by Brookes 1828 and ... to as the "pygmy chimpanzee", was given the species name of...
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Ask Me A Trivia Question -- 2 -- - Discussion on Topix  Mar 25, 2012 ... Springfield, MO  #144777 Mar 25, 2012. ` The hamadryas species of this large monkey was revered by the Egyptians as a companion of Ptah.
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Chimpanzee - Wikipedia  Chimpanzees (sometimes called chimps) are one of the two species of the genus Pan, the other being the bonobo. Together with gorillas, they are the only exclusively African species of great ... As such, they are among the largest-brained, and most intelligent of primates; they use a variety of sophisticated tools and...
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Gods of Ancient Egypt: Anubis - Ancient Egypt Online  Anubis is the Greek version of his name, the ancient Egyptians knew him as Anpu (or Inpu). ... He was originally a god of the underworld, but became associated ... To save face it was stated that Anubis had voluntarily given up his position when ... a wild dog (iwiw) He was usually depicted as a man with the head of a jackal...
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Old World monkey - New World Encyclopedia  Feb 15, 2015 ... The rhesus monkey also has given its name to the rhesus factor, one of the elements ... The proboscis monkey has an extraordinary nose while the ... albigena; Black Crested Mangabey, Lophocebus aterrimus; Opdenbosch's...
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Also the god of horses & earthquakes, this guy was a real Adventure ...  Jul 6, 2016 ... video icon  If you didn't know that this Greek sea god also created the horse, say Neigh! # Quiz # Question. 0:29. FirstAmVideo. No views...
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Bonobo ( 'Pygmy Chimpanzee' ) sex and society - Primates.com  Despite the frequency of sex, the bonobo's rate of reproduction in the wild is about the same ... Despite their common name--the pygmy chimpanzee--bonobos cannot be .... Another similarity with humans is increased female sexual receptivity.
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The Great Apes - Animals Of The World  The great Apes are those which most nearly resemble man, and include the four genera ... None of these animals have tails, and all are more or less covered with hair. .... Between the larger anthropoid apes and the true baboons there are a ... brilliant blue in colour, the centre and end of the nose is a bright scarlet, and the...
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If we've really descended from apes, why aren't the transitional - Quora  There are quite a lot of species that fit this title. I delved slightly into it in this answer: ... Alex Guerra, A solid grasp of evolutionary theory after many years of study at university ... quite ape like, and in fact the split between chimpanzees and the human branch of the evolutionary tree happened around 7,000,000 years ago.
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List of Greek mythological creatures - Wikipedia  This is a list of creatures, animals and tribes which are mentioned in the ancient Greek .... Archaic and Classical representations show Gigantes as human in form. Later representations .... Dionysus Leopard, Dionysus often shown riding a leopard. Dionysus Panthers, the panthers drawn the chariot of Dionysus. Dogs/Hounds.
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Bonobo Facts | Pygmy Chimpanzee | Chimps | Endangered Animals  In fact, bonobos are sometimes referred to as pygmy chimps because scientists first ... to greet one another, to encourage sharing and compassion, and of course, ... Bonobo - April 1, 2013; Bonobos at the Great Ape Trust - November 19, 2010...
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Bonobo - Wikipedia  The bonobo formerly called the pygmy chimpanzee and less often, the dwarf or gracile .... Initial genetic studies characterised the DNA of chimpanzees and bonobos as ... both Pan species are the closest living relatives of humans and cladistically ..... Two bonobos at the Great Ape Trust, Kanzi and Panbanisha, have been...
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Sphinx - Greek Mythology  A sphinx was a mythical monster, which had the head of a human and the body of a lion. ... In Greek mythology, the sphinx was considered to be a woman. One sphinx was only considered to exist in Greek mythology; she was the daughter of Orthus, and either Echidna or Chimera.
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Bonobo ( 'Pygmy Chimpanzee' ) sex and society - Primates.com  The bonobo is one of the last large mammals to be found by science. ... of hominid evolution represented a great improvement, at least one aspect of the former ... Although I expected to see peacemaking in these apes, too, I was little prepared...
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Bonobo - Wikipedia  The bonobo formerly called the pygmy chimpanzee and less often, the dwarf or gracile chimpanzee, is an endangered great ape and one of the two species making up the genus Pan; the other is Pan troglodytes, or the common chimpanzee. Although the name "chimpanzee" is sometimes used to refer to both species ... Despite the alternative common name "pygmy chimpanzee", the bonobo is...