On a trip to Rwanda last year, explore visited four families of wild mountain gorillas, a species with only 720 remaining members. Their guide is Craig Sholley, who has been intimately involved in the preservation of African wildlife for more than 30 years. The team’s thrilling interaction with these peaceful creatures — who share 98.6% of their genetic makeup with humans — is a startling reminder of our own humanity.
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… nice site. Check out the following TED video for some perspective on how Monkeys and Humans have much in common when it comes to decision making.
http://blog.ted.com/2010/07/29/a-monkey-economy-as-irrational-as-ours-laurie-santos-on-ted-com/
Thanks for this. How fascinating!
Although i would never go against any website or people. Gorillas are not 98.6% human if they were that means that the world was created by evalution. I am not going against people who say the world was by evalution we all have our different opinions