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So, when the psychologists trumpeted apes' acquisition of speech or language, other scholars— especially linguists — criticized these claims and pointed out problems with them. The most significant and enduring criticism regarded the lack of evidence supporting great apes' use of syntax and grammatical sentence structure. [41]
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 ...
Mangani is the name of a fictional species of great apes in the Tarzan novels of Edgar Rice Burroughs, and of the invented language used by these apes.In the invented language, Mangani (meaning "great-ape") is the apes' word for their own kind, although the term is also applied (with modifications) to humans.
At least 400 fossil specimens represent Australopithecus afarensis.This species had human-like and apelike features. The snout, dentition, and dental arch resemble an ape.
“Its demise is enigmatic considering that it was one of the few Asian great apes to go extinct in the last 2.6 million years, whereas others, including orangutan, survived until the present.”
The English word ape translates Hebrew קוף (qof) in English translations of the Bible (1 Kings 10:22), but the word may refer to a monkey rather than an ape proper. The diary of Portuguese explorer Duarte Pacheco Pereira (1506), preserved in the Portuguese National Archive ( Torre do Tombo ), is probably the first written document to ...
Ape Origin Notes Aldo: Planet of the Apes: The leader of the gorilla factions (and the ape revolution, by extension) during the rise of the ape society prior to humanity's downfall, as the "lowest species" of the planet. King Kong: King Kong: A giant movie monster resembling a gorilla, that has appeared in several movies since 1933.
Even untrained humans can decipher ape communication, including gestures related to grooming and sex, according to a new study published on Jan. 24 in the journal PLOS Biology.