Humans and Chimpanzees: Similar Yet Different

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This essay provides an examination of the differences and similarities of humans and chimpanzees, followed by a summary of the research in the conclusion.

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"According to Charles E. Oxnard (1987), gaining an understanding the human lineage is one of the main problems in studying human evolution; however, many fossil hunters appear to believe that this means that their task is to find the fragments of the precise human ancestor in the field. "Likewise, many laboratory workers seem to believe that this means that their task is showing that a particular fossil remnant is that ancestor. Even in the public mind, studying human evolution seems to be this matter of going from 'missing' to 'found' links" (2001:1). However, the likelihood of finding such a "missing link" are remote, but comparison in the fossil record allow scientists to evaluate the amounts and kinds of morphological differences that have existed among related biological organisms (Oxnard 1987)."

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