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Some of her final advice prior to her passing:

"Focus on the present and make choices today whose impact will build over time."

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[-] veroxii@aussie.zone 28 points 2 days ago

I get and appreciate the sentiment but Jane's own research showed how sadly chimpanzees are the same as us. War raids, murder, infanticide, rape and even torture.

They're our closest cousins and we all suck in the same way at a base level.

[-] knowone@slrpnk.net 9 points 1 day ago

Yeah chimps are actually some of the worst right? Their lives are kinda like a constant warzone. They also even do assassinations

If we're going for the "good" apes, then gibbons and bonobos would be the best bet, from what I understand. Though gibbons aren't in the same category (I forget which taxonomy level it's at), they're "lesser" apes. The only species of lesser apes still living too, I think. Not as great as the rest of us apes, apparently

And that's me done showing off some of my very basic knowledge of primates

Orangutans are pretty chill.

[-] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 1 day ago

Has she done research on bonobos? I think she mostly focused on pan troglodytes mostly

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