Ape skeletons – public domain image in Wikipedia “Human Evolution”

(11) NEOTENOUS APE (ETERNAL CHILD)

Neoteny “is the retention of juvenile traits into adulthood” – and it is argued to be a distinctive feature of humans compared to non-human primates, both for physical and behavioral traits, while the evolutionary origins and reasons for that distinctive feature are also the subject of argument

The neoteny thesis is argued by various proponents of it but none perhaps encapsulated it best as Clive Bromhall with the title of his book The Eternal Child. (Bromhall also points out the same neoteny applies to the animal longest domesticated by humans – dogs).

(12) APE OUT OF AFRICA

Yes – it’s my ape title for the Out of Africa or OOA theory, “the most widely accepted paleo-anthropological model of the geographic origin and early migration of anatomically modern humans (Homo sapiens)”.

(13) GRANDMOTHER APE

“The grandmother hypothesis is a hypothesis to explain the existence of menopause in human life history by identifying the adaptive value of extended kin networking”

In other words, leaving the kids with grandma is good evolutionary ‘strategy’.

(14) PATRIARCHAL APE

An alternative to the grandmother hypothesis, which adds in the “male benefits of continued spermatogenesis and their roles in assistance”

In other words, silverbacking it with a younger model while leaving the kids with grandma.

(15) BEHAVIOURALLY MODERN APE

Just my ape title for the “suite of behavioral and cognitive traits believed to distinguish current Homo sapiens from other anatomically modern humans, hominins, and primates”.

Heh – suite. Good evening, will you be staying in our behaviorally modern suite?