In Almost Human, Mary Roach describes both her and other scientist’s observations of the savanna-woodland chimps in relation to human evolution. Roach points out various examples, including both social and survival skills throughout her article, displaying how similar these chimps are to humans. One factor that is emphasized by Roach is the “spearlike” sticks the chimps have been observed creating in order to kill animals like bush babies for food. Examples such as the chimp’s increase in meat consumption, traveling farther for food and water, and creating tools for hunting are also discussed in the article to display the chimps adapting to fit their environments, just as human’s have throughout history. For instance, the chimps walking on
