The Hourani and the chimpanzee.
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This is a video segment from the DVD companion to my master's thesis, "The Development of Self as a Means for Determining Degrees of Culture", where I demonstrate the biologically conserved potential for and cultural propagation of social grooming and the cognitively advanced use of tools for communication over a distance to unseen recipients.
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If you have read this far, you are not only more cynical than most, but have far too much time on your hands, time better spent with a physician addressing your high blood pressure, or a therapist to explore your control issues.