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The Hominidae (/ h ɒ ˈ m ɪ n ɪ d iː /), whose members are known as the great apes [note 1] or hominids (/ ˈ h ɒ m ɪ n ɪ d z /), are a taxonomic family of primates that includes eight extant species in four genera: Pongo (the Bornean, Sumatran and Tapanuli orangutan); Gorilla (the eastern and western gorilla); Pan (the chimpanzee and the bonobo); and Homo, of which only modern humans ...
Banning in this case refers to the enactment of formal decrees prohibiting experimentation on non-human apes, though often with exceptions for extreme scenarios. [a] Experimentation on great apes—a smaller family within the ape superfamily—is currently banned in the European Union, the United Kingdom, and New Zealand (29 countries total). [1]
The "great apes" in Pongidae: The 1960s saw the methodologies of molecular biology applied to primate taxonomy. Goodman's 1964 immunological study of serum proteins led to re-classifying the hominoids into three families: the humans in Hominidae; the great apes in Pongidae; and the "lesser apes" (gibbons) in Hylobatidae. [33]
Between around 2 million and 22 million years ago, several dozen species of great apes inhabited Africa, Europe and Asia, fossil records show. Today, only gorillas, chimpanzees, bonobos ...
Initially, anthropologists were largely hostile to the idea that these discoveries were anything but apes, though this changed during the late 1940s. [ 17 ] In 1950, evolutionary biologist Ernst Walter Mayr said that all bipedal apes should be classified into the genus Homo , and considered renaming Australopithecus to Homo transvaalensis . [ 18 ]
The giant apes fed primarily on fruit and other secondary options of low nutritional value. ... “Its demise is enigmatic considering that it was one of the few Asian great apes to go extinct in ...
“The main takeaway is that we now have a clearer idea where humans fit into the great ape gesture picture,” Graham said. “It seems to be a shared communication system across great apes and ...
Australia, Taronga Zoo: 10 Coco [13] F c. 1952 2012 c. 60 years ... United States, Center for Great Apes: 38 Buschi [47] M 21 December 1971 Living 53 years, 7 days