10 Common Traits of Humans and Baboons |
| Published: July 28, 2007, 3:21 pm |
| Tags: general science |
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Ancient Egyptians venerated baboons, and regarded them as gods. In some cultures, the word baboon can be a derogatory term for ugly man . But baboons are considered the primates that are closely related to us in their stress inducing environment. Stress researcher Robert Sapolsky believes they are so similar to humans because they have almost no natural predators and hence the majority of their stress derives from their social functioning. From his researches made on Kenyan baboons, we deduce 10 similarities between humans and our distant cousin. [ Full article ] |
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