Palaeontologists have been digging in Africa´s sands in search of the
missing link
between humans and primates.
Discovery this year of a fossil
skull
could be the first evidence of an enormous diversity of ape-like, human-like
creatures that existed from five to ten million years ago. Perhaps, humans and chimpanzees might be the only survivors
of an ancient
burst
of evolutionary activity.
Actually, a mere 2% of our genes separate us from from two species of chimpanzees: at some point, as human beings have
made our way up the evolutionary scale, becoming taller and less
hairy
as we travelled, we probably separated from our closest
relatives. Nevertheless, the longer scientists study the daily existence of primates, their family life and their complex societies,
the more it seems obvious that we are, in fact, the third chimpanzee. This similarity has led chimp expert Dr Jane Goodall to
call for human rights to be extended to chimpanzees.
In his book "What It Means To Be 98% Chimpanzee", anthropologist Jonathan Marks argues that the 2% gene difference gave
humans the great
leap
forward of language, separating us significantly from monkeys. That seemingly small amount of genetic
matter transported us from trees to urban jungle and transformed us from exhibits into zookeepers, but it does not seem to
prevent us from literally killing our "cousins": development and destruction of their natural habitats, along with commercial
hunting for food, have cut their numbers from two million chimpanzees at the turn of the last century to less than one-tenth
of that now.
Are the following statements TRUE or FALSE? Copy the evidence from the text. No marks are
given for only TRUE or FALSE.
Nobody thinks that monkeys should be treated like people.
The population of chimpanzees has recently increased.
Explicación: Para la primera afirmación el parrafo relevante es:
"This similarity has led chimp expert Dr Jane Goodall to call for human rights to be extended to chimpanzees"

La respuesta es falsa porque la Doctora Joan Goodall ha pedido que los derechos humanos se extiendan a los chimpancés.
Mientras que para la segunda es:
"development and destruction of their natural habitats, along with commercial hunting for food, have cut their numbers from two million
chimpanzees at the turn of the last century to less than one-tenth of that now". 
La respuesta es falsa: su habitat natural se ha reducido y han pasado de ser 2 millones al principio del siglo pasado a una décima parte de ese número en la actualidad.