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slender, tailless, noisy, arboreal ape, about 3 ft high and weighing about 15 lb. The least anthropoid of the anthropoid apes, in the family Pongidae. Called also Hylobates spp.

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air sacs anthropoid Anthropoidea Ape Burkitt's lymphoma Burkitt's tumor Hylobactidae Hylobates Plasmodium Pongid siamang Troglodytella			According to scientists, the lack of self-recognition in gibbons and other lesser apes indicates that the mental capacity emerged 14 to 18 million years ago when their evolutionary lineage split from great apes, reports New Scientist. Apes can't recognise own faces in mirror by Asian News International But Singer has grappled with both those questions as part of the Great Ape Project: He left out lesser apes like gibbons because scientific evidence of human qualities is weaker, and he demanded only rights that he believed all humans were usually offered, such as freedom from torture--rather than, say, a right to education or medical care. The inalienable rights of Apes? They share up to 98.7 percent of our ... by McNeil, Donald G., Jr. / New York Times Upfront			Leptothrix Leptotrichia leptotrichosis leptotrichosis conjunctivae Leptotrombidium Leptotrombidium akamushi Lepus Leri's sign Leri-Weill syndrome Leriche syndrome Leriche's syndrome Lermoyez syndrome Lernaea LES lesbian lesbianism Lesch-Nyhan syndrome Lescol Leser-Trélat sign LeShan lesion lesionectomy lespedeza Lesquesne Index lesser Lesser apes lesser circulation lesser curvature of stomach lesser multangular bone lesser occipital nerve lesser omentum lesser palatine foramen lesser palatine nerve lesser peritoneal cavity lesser petrosal nerve lesser rhomboid muscle lesser sciatic foramen lesser sciatic notch lesser splanchnic nerve lesser trochanter lesser vestibular gland lesser zygomatic muscle Lesser's triangle LET let-down let-down reflex Let’s Have a Cup of Tea Principle Letairis letdown lethal lethal allele			lessen the labor lessen the price of lessen the reputation of lessen the self-confidence of lessen the strength of lessened lessened Lessener lessening lessening lessening of price lessens lessens Lesseps Lesseps Lesseps, Ferdinand Marie, Vicomte de Lesseps, Ferdinand Marie, Vicomte de Lesseps, Ferdinand, viscount de Lesseps, Vicomte Ferdinand Marie de lesser lesser lesser lesser lesser lesser anteater Lesser Antilles Lesser Antilles lesser ape lesser ape lesser ape Lesser apes Lesser Armenia Lesser Asia Lesser Asia Lesser Atlas Mountains Lesser Atlas Mountains Lesser Bandicoot Rat Lesser Bandicoot Rat Lesser Banishing Pentagram Ritual Lesser banishing ritual of the pentagram Lesser black backed gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Lesser blackback Lesser blackbacked gull Lesser Blackrock Spire lesser bullrush Lesser Bulrush lesser burdock lesser butterfly orchid Lesser butterfly-orchid lesser calamint Lesser Canada Goose Lesser Canada Goose Lesser Carpathians Lesser Caucasus lesser celandine lesser celandine lesser celandine lesser celandine lesser celandines

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