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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In mythology, same as Panise.
  • noun [NL.] In entomology, a genus of hymenopterous insects.

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  • For example, bonobos (Pan paniscus) are as closely related to humans as chimpanzees are (sharing 99.3% and 99.2% of our DNA respectively) and have previously been shown to cooperatively share their food with others.

    Eric Michael Johnson: Rise of the Kindness of the Apes Eric Michael Johnson 2011

  • For example, bonobos (Pan paniscus) are as closely related to humans as chimpanzees are (sharing 99.3% and 99.2% of our DNA respectively) and have previously been shown to cooperatively share their food with others.

    Eric Michael Johnson: Rise of the Kindness of the Apes Eric Michael Johnson 2011

  • For example, bonobos (Pan paniscus) are as closely related to humans as chimpanzees are (sharing 99.3% and 99.2% of our DNA respectively) and have previously been shown to cooperatively share their food with others.

    Eric Michael Johnson: Rise of the Kindness of the Apes Eric Michael Johnson 2011

  • For example, bonobos (Pan paniscus) are as closely related to humans as chimpanzees are (sharing 99.3% and 99.2% of our DNA respectively) and have previously been shown to cooperatively share their food with others.

    Eric Michael Johnson: Rise of the Kindness of the Apes Eric Michael Johnson 2011

  • For example, bonobos (Pan paniscus) are as closely related to humans as chimpanzees are (sharing 99.3% and 99.2% of our DNA respectively) and have previously been shown to cooperatively share their food with others.

    Eric Michael Johnson: Rise of the Kindness of the Apes Eric Michael Johnson 2011

  • For example, bonobos (Pan paniscus) are as closely related to humans as chimpanzees are (sharing 99.3% and 99.2% of our DNA respectively) and have previously been shown to cooperatively share their food with others.

    Eric Michael Johnson: Rise of the Kindness of the Apes Eric Michael Johnson 2011

  • Human beings share about 98 percent of their DNA with chimpanzees, and biologist Jared Diamond has claimed that Homo sapiens should really be classified as a species of chimpanzee, given that we are closer in our DNA to chimps whether Pan troglodytes or Pan paniscus, the Bonobo than a horse is to a zebra or, indeed, than an African elephant is to an Indian elephant.

    Beginner’s Grace Kate Braestrup 2010

  • Biodiversity is high and includes a number of primates such as black spider monkeys (Ateles paniscus), red-handed tamarins (Saguinus midas), and common squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus).

    Japurá-Solimoes-Negro moist forests 2008

  • Human beings share about 98 percent of their DNA with chimpanzees, and biologist Jared Diamond has claimed that Homo sapiens should really be classified as a species of chimpanzee, given that we are closer in our DNA to chimps whether Pan troglodytes or Pan paniscus, the Bonobo than a horse is to a zebra or, indeed, than an African elephant is to an Indian elephant.

    Beginner’s Grace Kate Braestrup 2010

  • Human beings share about 98 percent of their DNA with chimpanzees, and biologist Jared Diamond has claimed that Homo sapiens should really be classified as a species of chimpanzee, given that we are closer in our DNA to chimps whether Pan troglodytes or Pan paniscus, the Bonobo than a horse is to a zebra or, indeed, than an African elephant is to an Indian elephant.

    Beginner’s Grace Kate Braestrup 2010

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