Mary's Monday Metazoan: We're all just apes here

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Nice setup, a very apt comparison.

Not apes...Primates!

Not apes...Primates!

yes apes-.fully extensible elbows., hyperflexible shoulder girdles, scapula located in back instead of on the side. locomotion by brachiation..admittedly hard for adult humans...but anyone with a child under 2 years of age will tell you that you have to pull really hard to get them off a pole or branch

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