There’s just one problem with Bell’s argument: It didn’t explain why other species have hands too. No one would doubt that the five fingers at the end of an orangutan’s arm are anything else.

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And so his way of coping with the world was talking with an orangutan hand puppet. It was awful.” “It was funny,” he added. “It was just really stupid.” Related: 'Hannah Montana' 's ...

I knew how closely related they were to humans, but when I actually experienced the orangutans first hand, I found the similarities fascinating. That orangutans resemble us should not be a surprise.

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These primates are known for many distinctive qualities such as being the largest arboreal mammal, their red fur, large brains, grasping hands and sharing 96.4% of our genes. An orangutan looking ...