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  2. Oldest hominids - Wikipedia

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    Deceased Living † ^ denotes age at death, or, if living, age as of 20 January 2025 This list includes all some individuals to have reached the age of 60 years or more. The average lifespan of a chimpanzee is 40–50 years in the wild and 50-60 years in captivit

  3. Chimpanzee - Wikipedia

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    The first great ape known to Western science in the 17th century was the "orang-outang" (genus Pongo), the local Malay name being recorded in Java by the Dutch physician Jacobus Bontius. In 1641, the Dutch anatomist Nicolaes Tulp applied the name to a chimpanzee or bonobo brought to the Netherlands from Angola. [ 13 ]

  4. Homo - Wikipedia

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    Homo (from Latin homō 'human') is a genus of great ape (family Hominidae) that emerged from the genus Australopithecus and encompasses only a single extant species, Homo sapiens (modern humans), along with a number of extinct species (collectively called archaic humans) classified as either ancestral or closely related to modern humans; these include Homo erectus and Homo neanderthalensis.

  5. Australopithecus - Wikipedia

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    Australopithecus (/ ˌ ɒ s t r ə l ə ˈ p ɪ θ ɪ k ə s,-l oʊ-/, OS-trə-lə-PITH-i-kəs, -⁠loh-; [1] or (/ ɒ s ˌ t r ə l ə p ɪ ˈ θ iː k ə s /, os-TRA-lə-pi-THEE-kəs [2] from Latin australis 'southern' and Ancient Greek πίθηκος (pithekos) 'ape' [3]) is a genus of early hominins that existed in Africa during the Pliocene and Early Pleistocene.

  6. Hominidae - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  7. Orangutan - Wikipedia

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    Unlike females of other non-human great ape species, orangutans do not exhibit sexual swellings to signal fertility. [65] A female first gives birth around 15 years of age and they have a six- to nine-year interbirth interval, the longest among the great apes. [ 67 ]

  8. Barbary macaque - Wikipedia

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    Males live to around 25 years old while females may live up to 30 years. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Besides humans , they are the only free-living primates in Europe . Although the species is commonly referred to as the "Barbary ape", the Barbary macaque is a true monkey .

  9. Ape - Wikipedia

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    "Ape", from Old English apa, is a word of uncertain origin. [b] The term has a history of rather imprecise usage—and of comedic or punning usage in the vernacular.Its earliest meaning was generally of any non-human anthropoid primate, as is still the case for its cognates in other Germanic languages.