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Peanut butter

2007-08-07T13:54:33Z

Georgepeterson:

'''Peanut butter''' is a type of [[butter]] made from [[peanut]]s. It was invented by [[George Washington Carver]] in 1878. Today, peanut butter is widely available in civilized areas of the West, often used in [[peanut butter and jelly]] [[sandwich]]es. Peanut butter can also be a staple in the diet of some domesticated animals. It also disproves evolution, since new life has never formed within a jar of peanut butter without being exposed to outside influences.

[[Category:Food and drink]]

Gorilla

2007-08-07T13:52:32Z

Georgepeterson:

{{Taxonomy|image = Gorilla.jpg|kingdom = Animalia|phylum = Chordata|subphylum = Vertebrata|class = Mammalia|order = Primates|suborder = Hominoidea |family = Hominidae|subfamily = Homininae|tribe = Gorillini|genus = Gorilla|species = gorilla|alt = See article for full list of subspecies}}

The '''gorilla''', the largest of the living [[primate]]s, is a ground-dwelling [[omnivore]] that inhabits the forests of [[Africa]]. Gorillas are divided into two species and either four or five subspecies.<ref>A proposed third subspecies of ''Gorilla beringei'' (which has not yet received a Latin designation) is the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest population of the Mountain Gorilla, called the ''Bwindi Gorilla'' [http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw/general/default.aspx?oid=13142 International Fund for Animal Welfare] </ref> Comparison of [[DNA]] sequences of humans and gorillas show them to be 99% identical.

Attempts have been made to teach a gorilla named ''Koko'' a form of [[sign language]], although this is highly questionable.<ref>As part of her research into animal communication in 1972, a young graduate student in developmental psychology volunteered to teach sign language to a 1-year-old female Gorilla named Koko. [http://www.las.uiuc.edu/alumni/news/fall2003/03fall_Patterson.html] </ref>
Young earth [[creationist]]s believe that gorillas were [[creation|created]] about 4000 years ago, but the earth is billions of years old. According to evolutionary thought, humans shared a common ancestor with gorillas as recently as four to seven million years ago.<ref>Hobolth A, Christensen OF, Mailund T, Schierup MH (2007) Genomic Relationships and Speciation Times of Human, Chimpanzee, and Gorilla Inferred from a Coalescent Hidden Markov Model [http://genetics.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371/journal.pgen.0030007 PLoS Genet 3(2)]</ref>

==Taxonomy==
*G. gorilla (Western gorilla)
**G. g. gorilla (Western Lowland gorilla)
**G. g. diehli (Cross River gorilla)
*G. beringei (Eastern gorilla)
**G. b. beringei (Mountain gorilla)
**G. b. graueri (Eastern Lowland gorilla)

==References==
<references/>

[[Category:Primates]]
[[Category:Hominid]]

Gorilla

2007-08-07T13:51:45Z

Georgepeterson:

{{Taxonomy|image = Gorilla.jpg|kingdom = Animalia|phylum = Chordata|subphylum = Vertebrata|class = Mammalia|order = Primates|suborder = Hominoidea |family = Hominidae|subfamily = Homininae|tribe = Gorillini|genus = Gorilla|species = gorilla|alt = See article for full list of subspecies}}

The '''gorilla''', the largest of the living [[primate]]s, is a ground-dwelling [[omnivore]] that inhabits the forests of [[Africa]]. Gorillas are divided into two species and either four or five subspecies.<ref>A proposed third subspecies of ''Gorilla beringei'' (which has not yet received a Latin designation) is the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest population of the Mountain Gorilla, called the ''Bwindi Gorilla'' [http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw/general/default.aspx?oid=13142 International Fund for Animal Welfare] </ref> Comparison of [[DNA]] sequences of humans and gorillas show them to be 99% identical.

Attempts have been made to teach a gorilla named ''Koko'' a form of [[sign language]], although this is highly questionable.<ref>As part of her research into animal communication in 1972, a young graduate student in developmental psychology volunteered to teach sign language to a 1-year-old female Gorilla named Koko. [http://www.las.uiuc.edu/alumni/news/fall2003/03fall_Patterson.html] </ref>
Young earth [[creationist]]s believe that gorillas were [[creation|created]] about 4000 years ago. According to evolutionary thought, humans shared a common ancestor with gorillas as recently as four to seven million years ago.<ref>Hobolth A, Christensen OF, Mailund T, Schierup MH (2007) Genomic Relationships and Speciation Times of Human, Chimpanzee, and Gorilla Inferred from a Coalescent Hidden Markov Model [http://genetics.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371/journal.pgen.0030007 PLoS Genet 3(2)]</ref>

==Taxonomy==
*G. gorilla (Western gorilla)
**G. g. gorilla (Western Lowland gorilla)
**G. g. diehli (Cross River gorilla)
*G. beringei (Eastern gorilla)
**G. b. beringei (Mountain gorilla)
**G. b. graueri (Eastern Lowland gorilla)

==References==
<references/>

[[Category:Primates]]
[[Category:Hominid]]