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As far as the higher apes are concerned, Orang-utans shared a common ancestor with the others about 14 million years ago, the ancestor of Gorillas with the other apes was about 8 million years ago and the ancestor we share with Chimpanzees was about 5 million years ago. Don't forget, since those times, all apes have been evolving at their own rates in their own environments.

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