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The First and Last North American Primates
380 views / 0 likes - addedHow To Vote in Every State: https://youtube.com/HowToVoteInEveryStateEarly primates not only lived in North America -- our primate family tree actually originated here! So what happened to those early relatives of ours? Thank you to these paleoartists for
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Ducklings Capable Of Abstract Thought
595 views / 0 likes - addedBaby ducks' ability to imprint on "differences" puts them in company with primates and parrots. Learn more: http://scim.ag/29Tkw4c Read the research ($): http://scim.ag/29SXMhJ
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Moral Behavior In Animals - Frans De Waal
638 views / 0 likes - addedEmpathy, cooperation, fairness and reciprocity -- caring about the well-being of others seems like a very human trait. But Frans de Waal shares some surprising videos of behavioral tests, on primates and other mammals, that show how many of these moral tr
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Blue Tongued Skink: The Dragon With A Blue Tongue
518 views / 2 likes - addedNature: Primates airs Wednesdays through Nov. 18 at 8/7c on PBS (check local listings), https://pbs.org/primates and the PBS Video app. Stream the first episode here: https://to.pbs.org/35YRfOJTravel the globe to uncover the mysteries of countless species
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Human Evolution: Crash Course Big History #6
999 views / 1 likes - addedIn which John Green and Hank Green teach you about how human primates moved out of Africa and turned Earth into a real-life Planet of the Apes. And the apes are people! John and Hank teach you about how humans evolved, and the sort of tricks they picked u
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Ape Makes A Fire: Kanzi The Bonobo Makes A Campfire
341 views / 0 likes - addedMonkey Makes A Fire: Kanzi The Bonobo Makes A Campfire SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/Oc61Hj It was a pivotal moment in history that separated man from other primates. Over a million years ago humankind began to conquer its fear of fire and use it as a tool. Bu
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Watch: Pig Lungs Filter Human Blood In A Lab
1,066 views / 0 likes - addedHuman blood filters through pig lungs in the lab of Lars Burdorf at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. Thousands of people die every year for lack of transplantable human organs. Scientists are experimenting with a technique called CRISPR to r
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Why Do We Have Fingernails And Not Claws? #AskDNews
594 views / 0 likes - addedNails evolved from claws roughly 50 million years ago. Why did this happen and what purpose do nails serve? Why Do Fingernails Grow Faster Than Toenails? ►►►►http://bit.ly/1MQiFVb Sign Up For The TestTube Newsletter Here ►►►► http://bit.ly/1myXbFG Read Mo
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Do Animals Understand Death?
771 views / 1 likes - addedMany species move as a group, but when a member passes, do they grieve their loss? Their communal behavior just might warm your human heart. Explore The Building That Holds Millions Of Dead Animals - http://bit.ly/28Lvdk2 Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter
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Best Monkey Moments | BBC Earth
546 views / 0 likes - addedThere are more than 260 species of monkey worldwide, here are some of the best moments from our primate friends.Subscribe: http://bit.ly/BBCEarthSub #Monkeys #AnimalVideo #PrimatesWatch more: Planet Earth http://bit.ly/PlanetEarthPlaylist Blue Planet http
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'Toy Spy Monkey' Mistaken For Dead Baby And Mourned By Troop | BBC Earth
729 views / 0 likes - addedThis troop of Langur Monkeys show empathetic behaviour as they mourn what they think is a dead baby Langur, which is actually a robotic spy monkey, designed to film the primates. This footage was filming whilst making the BBC series Spy In The Wild. The n
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Watch the world’s smallest bear copy its friends’ facial expressions
448 views / 0 likes - addedFor the first time, researchers observe exact facial mimicry outside humans and primates Read the story: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/03/watch-world-s-smallest-bear-copy-its-friends-facial-expressions Read the research: https://www.nature.com/arti
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Why Only Some Monkeys Have Awesome Tails
567 views / 1 likes - addedAlmost all mammals with prehensile tails live in the neotropics because the forest is different there. Thanks to http://www.audible.com/minuteearth for sponsoring this video. Thanks also to our supporters on https://www.patreon.com/MinuteEarth : _________
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Seven Million Years of Human Evolution
550 views / 0 likes - addedScientists use fossils to reconstruct the evolutionary history of hominins—the group that includes modern humans, our immediate ancestors, and other extinct relatives. Today, our closest living relatives are chimpanzees, but extinct hominins are eve
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Hanging Out With the Trapeze Artists of the Animal Kingdom
531 views / 0 likes - addedNorthern white-cheeked gibbons are an acrobatic bunch. These primates, also known as “small apes,” have long and strong arms and thighs to help them swing through the trees. In fact, their speed and agility has earned northern white-cheeked gibbons a repu
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Self recognition and the rise of what most refer to as personhood.
335 views / 0 likes - addedThis is a video segment from the DVD companion to my master's thesis, The Development of Self as a Means for Determining Degrees of Culture, where I illustrate the rise of self-awareness in non-human primates across phylogeny and ontogeny. This work meets
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Red-Faced, Hairless and Handsome: Meet the Bald Uakari Monkey
840 views / 0 likes - added"Hairless and red-faced " may not be typical adjectives to describe good health, but healthy bald uakari monkeys possess both of these qualities. These primates are known for their bright red faces, which indicate good health. Sick bald uakaris tend to de
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Into the Forest with Jane Goodall!
1,512 views / 9 likes - addedJane Goodall is an amazing scientist and conservationist who has dedicated her life to learning about and protecting chimpanzees! Thanks to her, we've learned that, sometimes, people and animals aren't so different! Learn more about her and her work with
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Snake Detection Hypothesis
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Do Animals Laugh?
977 views / 2 likes - addedIt’s no secret that some animal species are highly intelligent – but do they also “get” jokes? Can they laugh? Are laughter and intelligence even related? Learn more at HowStuffWorks.com: http://animals.howstuffworks.com/animal-facts/do-animals-laugh.htm
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Hand-Raising a Rescued Baby Echidna
224 views / 0 likes - addedNo two days, weeks or years are ever the same at our Taronga Wildlife Hospital and that's certainly the case for one of our amazing vet nurses Sarah who is currently hand-raising an adorable echidna puggle.The puggle was bought into the hospital after mem
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Our Senses: How Mammals See the World In Many Colors
690 views / 0 likes - addedHumans see a variety of colors because our eyes have three types of cone cells. But things don't look quite as vivid for some of our fellow mammals—some see in two colors, others just in black and white. Color vision evolved in primates about 35 million y
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New Orangutan Species Filmed for First Time
264 views / 0 likes - addedWatch the first moving images of a Tapanuli orangutan mother and her infant. Please LIKE and SUBSCRIBE if you enjoyed it! http://bit.ly/1Adl6ht **More info & videos below** “Primates: Episode Two 'Family Matters'“ premieres November 11, 20
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Why Grandparents Are Key To Human Survival
556 views / 0 likes - addedGrandparents are great, but they play a bigger role in family support than just spoiling their grandkids! Follow Natalia on Twitter ►►►► http://bit.ly/1myYft7 The Perks Of Having An Older Population ►►►► http://bit.ly/1RrROVr Sign Up For The TestTube News
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Humans And Other Animals: Cultural Evolution And Social Learning
1,062 views / 0 likes - addedWhat is culture? Is it uniquely human, or do animals have culture too? From dolphins getting high on puffer fish, chimpanzees learning to crack nuts, and how human culture is changing the world around, hear this panel of experts explore the fascinating su
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When Giant Lemurs Ruled Madagascar
477 views / 1 likes - addedOur new pin! https://store.dftba.com/collections/all/products/eons-enamel-pinJust a few thousand years ago, the island of Madagascar was inhabited by giant lemurs. How did such a diverse group of primates evolve in the first place, and how did they help s
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Why Are Babies So Cute?
837 views / 2 likes - addedWhat makes babies so AWW? Video on UGLY animals: http://youtu.be/8nYpVlTdr3I SUBSCRIBE - it's free!: http://bit.ly/10kWnZ7 FOLLOW US! Links below: Instagram and Twitter: @whalewatchmeplz and @mitchellmoffit Clickable: http://bit.ly/16F1jeC and http://bit.
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Claws vs. nails - Matthew Borths
366 views / 0 likes - addedDiscover the evolutionary purpose of nails, and explore the theories of why they evolved from claws over 55 million years ago. --Consider the claw. Frequently found on animals around the world, its one of natures most versatile tools. Bears use claws for
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Why Do Animals Eat Their Own Poop?
1,875 views / 3 likes - addedIf you've ever seen your dog munching on a bit of number two, you've probably wondered: why on Earth do animals eat poop? Should You Let A Dog Lick Your Face? - https://youtu.be/ceKpa5VL_MU Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI An
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Why do we have hair in such random places? - Nina G. Jablonski
396 views / 2 likes - addedDiscover how humans lost their fur as they evolved from primates, and why we still have hair on our bodies.--We have lots in common with our closest primate relatives. But comparatively, humans seem a bit underdressed. Instead of thick fur covering our bo
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Pigeon Story: How the Rock Dove Became the Sky Rat
617 views / 0 likes - addedCheck out Planet Earth II! https://youtu.be/c8aFcHFu8QM On BBC One in the UK this Sunday and coming to BBC America on 28th January 2017 Don’t be bird-brained. You should SUBSCRIBE! http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Want to wear your
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Everything You Need To Know About The Slow Loris
666 views / 1 likes - addedYou may recognize this cute animal from viral videos, but how much do you really know about the slow loris? Why Aren't Humans Naturally Nocturnal? - https://youtu.be/nExRn2BBXtw Drinking Wine Could Help Save Underwater Ecosystems - https://youtu.be/Mo6_u7
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What Happened to the World's Greatest Ape?
794 views / 1 likes - addedProbably twice the size of a modern gorilla, Gigantopithecus is the greatest great-ape that ever was. And for us fellow primates, there are some lessons to be learned in how it lived, and why it disappeared. Produced in collaboration with PBS Digital Stud
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Why Can Newborn Animals Walk But We Can't?
605 views / 0 likes - addedA baby's 'first steps' are considered a milestone. But why do infants take months to walk when other newborn species can in one day? The Mysterious Way Spiders Can Walk On Walls And Why You Can't - http://bit.ly/2aGuN0d Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter H
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What If Humans Devolved?
794 views / 2 likes - addedHere's what you'd look with evolution reversed! Watch more: Could You Survive 2.5 Million Years Ago? ►► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uy7BiiOI_No Subscribe: https://bit.ly/SubLifeNoggin | Get your exclusive Life Noggin merch: http://keeponthinking.co Fo
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Does Someone Else Have Your Face?
545 views / 0 likes - addedTo learn more about Brilliant, check out https://brilliant.org/BeSmart/ SUBSCRIBE so you don’t miss a video! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓ They say everyone has a doppelgänger, but is that really true? This week we meet a
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Why Can't You Tickle Yourself?
1,176 views / 1 likes - addedIt’s almost impossible to trick your brain so you can tickle yourself. Unless you're schizophrenic… Learn more at HowStuffWorks.com: http://science.howstuffworks.com/life/inside-the-mind/human-brain/question511.htm Share on Facebook: https://goo.gl/d4QPR7
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Why Do We Twitch When We're Falling Asleep?
909 views / 1 likes - addedA majority of people feel like they're falling when first going to sleep, resulting in twitches. What is this jerking night spasm? This video was a collaboration with our friends at AllTime Numbers. Check out their video for 'Sleep in Numbers' here: https
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What Would Make This Fish As Smart As You?
484 views / 0 likes - addedFish might be smarter than you think. Blub Blub. Watch more: “What's Hiding Deep Within The Ocean?” ►► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2Zv3OOhQEQ Subscribe: https://bit.ly/SubLifeNoggin | Get your exclusive Life Noggin merch: http://keeponthinking.co Fol
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You've Heard of a Murder of Crows. How About a Crow Funeral? | Deep Look
532 views / 0 likes - addedJoin Deep Look on Patreon NOW! https://www.patreon.com/deeplook They may be dressed in black, but crow funerals aren't the solemn events that we hold for our dead. These birds cause a ruckus around their fallen friend. Are they just scared, or is there so
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From the Fall of Dinos to the Rise of Humans
594 views / 0 likes - addedCheck out our other journeys through geologic time here : https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLi6K9w_UbfFSFIpEU9VMavTM5MIbOAiW5 After taking you on a journey through geologic time, we've arrived at the Cenozoic Era. Most of the mammals and birds that y
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When Apes Conquered Europe
479 views / 0 likes - addedCheck out Origin of Everything: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiB8h9jD2Mlxx96ZFnGDSJw Today, our closest evolutionary relatives, the apes, live only in small pockets of Africa and Asia. But back in the Miocene epoch, apes occupied all of Europe. Why ar
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Your Place in the Primate Family Tree
451 views / 0 likes - addedOur new sticker is available here: https://store.dftba.com/collections/eons And check out Tacos of Texas!: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLh_qdzak59m68-i4M441Rkr5j8c_mQ-en Purgatorius, a kind of mammal called a plesiadapiform, might’ve been one of
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When Humans Were Prey
467 views / 0 likes - addedNot too long ago, our early human ancestors were under constant threat of attack from predators. And it turns out that this difficult chapter in our history may be responsible for the adaptations that allowed us to become so successful. Thanks to Julio La
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