century saw some of science’s most famous figures, including chemistJohn Dalton, who proposed the atomic theory of matter;Michael Faradayand James Maxwell, who both proposed theories about electricity and magnetism; andCharles Darwin, who laid out the (still controversial) theory of evolution. ...
Humans and chimpanzees separated from a common hominoid ancestor some 6 million years ago, according to evidence from the fossil record and a comparison of human and chimpanzee DNA. Although many species have diverged from the evolutionary branch that contains humans, humans are the sole surviving...
On the other hand, mothers and their children have a deep attachment. Infants will remain with their moms for six or seven years until they learn to survive independently. Female orangutans have only one child every eight years, the most extended duration of any species. The creatures have a...