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ALL ABOUT APES
Apes are primates that anatomically
resemble humans, comprising the gorillas, chimpanzees, orangutans, gibbons, and
siamangs. They are tailless primates with long arms and broad chests.
Early apes evolved during the Miocene epoch (7-26 million years ago). Fossils of
these early apes have been found in Africa, Asia, and Europe.
The great apes (family PONGIDAE) include the gorillas, chimpanzees, bonobos, orangutans and humans. |
The lesser apes (family HYLOBATIDAE) include the gibbon and siamang. |
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SIAMANG
A rare, black, noisy gibbon
A cladogram of the greater apes; a branching diagram that depicts species divergence from common ancestors. |
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