The primate ancestors of 20th century human beings are diverging genetically from gorillas now

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CONTENTS of 59,999,999 BC- 51,000 BC Large land and aquatic mammals appear; many kinds of primates appear (almost as many go extinct); an island continent finally disappears for good; the Mediterranean valley turns into the Mediterranean Sea; human beings emerge, develop housing, clothes, lamps, and drugs, breed dogs, use horses; Mars dies (or goes dormant)

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Approximately 8,000,000 BC: The primate ancestors of 20th century human beings are diverging genetically from gorillas now

20th century gorilla and human DNA will be 97.9% identical.

-- "Chimpanzees Offer Window In Time On Human Genes" By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Correspondent, Reuters/; http://dailynews.yahoo.com/; News June 1 1999

Just how intelligent and socially complex are apes anyway? Well, for one thing they (as well as certain other animals) appear to have developed some limited forms of medical practices to cope with digestive problems and various parasite infestations. Some primates (monkeys) have even gone so far as to practice birth control and biologically engineering the sex of their progeny.

Various animals from cats and dogs to bears and apes appear to self-medicate themselves when necessary with the eating of certain plants. Certain monkeys appear to increase or decrease the chances of pregnancy in the same way-- as well as also sometimes select the sex of their offspring. Usually the purposeful engineering of fertility and sex of progeny appear to be based on the social environment of the group, among other things (the current difficulties of survival may also play a role).
One aspect of such findings which make them all the more puzzling is that many of the medicinal plants the animals use appear to taste bad to them.

-- PLANTS OF THE APES From Science Frontiers Digest of Scientific Anomalies ["http://www.knowledge.co.uk/frontiers/"] #81, MAY-JUN 1992 by William R. Corliss, citing Roger Lewin; "What Monkeys Chew to Choose Their Children's Sex," New Scientist, p. 15, February 22, 1992. Also: Ann Gibbons; "Plants of the Apes," Science, 255:921, 1992

At least two gorillas will be considered by some to have learned human language by early 2000 AD. They will communicate via sign language.

In the far off 20th century gorilla lifespans will be known to extend into the fifties, except where heart disease or other afflictions have cut it short.

-- Gorilla said to have known sign language dies, The Associated Press, April 20, 2000, http://www.nandotimes.com
Gorilla family units usually consist of one dominant male and several female mates.

-- Bonobo Sex and Society ["http://songweaver.com/info/bonobos.html"], by Frans B. M. de Waal, 2000, (Originally published in the March 1995 issue of SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, pp. 82-88)

This may be where the ancestors of 20th century Bonobo chimpanzees and humans are parting ways too, genetically speaking.

-- Bonobo Sex and Society ["http://songweaver.com/info/bonobos.html"], by Frans B. M. de Waal, 2000, (Originally published in the March 1995 issue of SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, pp. 82-88)

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