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French writer pierre boulle 19121994 made use of his experience as a soldier in wwii in depicting the relationship of apes and men in this 1963 book, planet of the apes. The project had a film crew travel to monrovia, liberia to. War for the planet of the apes is a 2017 american science fiction action film directed by matt reeves and written by mark bomback and reeves. Fleagle, author of primate adaptation and evolution. Darwin posited that we evolved from a common ancestor in africa, yet david r begun points to fossil records showing that europe is the.

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