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Baboon

(Science: zoology) One of the old world quadrumana, of the genera Cynocephalus and Papio; the dog-faced ape. Baboons have dog-like muzzles and large canine teeth, cheek pouches, a short tail, and naked callosities on the buttocks. They are mostly african. See mandrill, and Chacma, and drill an ape.

Origin: oe. Babewin, baboin, fr.F. Babouin, or LL. Babewynus. Of unknown origin; cf. D. Baviaan, g. Pavian, baboon, f. Babin lip of ape, dogs, etc, dial. G. Bappe mouth.

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Darwin and Racism

... will then be wider, for it will intervene between man in a more civilized state, as we may hope, even than the Caucasian, and some ape as low as a baboon, instead of as now between the negro or Australian [Aborigine] and the gorilla. The Descent of Man p.178 If I go to my bookstore to the science ...

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... I wanted to make a comparison to the animal kingdom. In what species does the female have to flaunt her junk. Something other than the female baboon butt turning red. :oops: Thanks

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A baboon is an old world monkey, right? It is a bonobo?

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by February Beetle
Fri Mar 17, 2006 7:02 pm
 
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baboon? sounds like it

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by mith
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... permission from the Food and Drug Administration, researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, injected an AIDS patient with baboon bone marrow. The hope was that the baboon bone marrow, which is resistant to HIV and a source of immune cells, could provide a replacement for ...

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