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Apes
You can really go ape learning about the creatures in our Apes category! Native to Africa and Asia, there are two basic types of apes: great apes and lesser apes. Come on in to this category to learn more about the creatures that are said to be man's closest relatives in the animal kingdom.
638 Questions
Did Darwin claim man evolved apes?
An 'ape' is any member of the Hominoidea superfamily, which includes lesser apes like the gibbon, and the greater apes, such as chimps, gorillas and humans.
This kind of relation shows that all of these share a single common ancestor. This ancestor is what we evolved from.
Is the ancestors of the human kind are the apes?
Humans share a common ancestor to Chimps and Bonobos. This ancestor is one that we would likely label an ape. Therefore for most people's purposes, yes, we evolved from apes, but not from modern apes.
We would most likely classify the miocene ape that is the common ancestor of humans and modern apes as an ape. It was a primate, as we are. The catarrhini include the old world monkeys, gibbons, great apes, and humans. These and the platyrrhini (new world monkeys) are included in the same clade. Our next closest relatives would be the tarsiers. We are yet more distantly related to lemurs, galagos, lorises, and other primates, all of which are, of course, eutherians (placental mammals).
Two key pieces of genetic evidence for our common ancestry with the old world primates are the L-gulonolactone oxidase gene which expresses a protein responsible for ascorbic acid synthesis, and the number of chromosomes. First, the GULO gene is broken in us the same way it is broken in almost all other old world primates. That is pretty decent evidence for common ancestry. On the other hand, the old world primates have 24 pairs of genes, while we have only 23. If evolution is correct, somehow a pair of monkey chromosomes must have fused. Chromosome ends contain recognizeable DNA sequences known as telomeres. It turns out we have identified the two ape chromosomes which fused to form a single human chromosome, and we even find the telomere markers within that chromosome.
There are plenty of other strong pieces of evidence. The Rh blood factor. The letters "Rh" came from the rhesus monkey, where the factor was first studied. Human females menstruate, procreate, give live birth, and nurse their young in much the same manner as apes. The differences between us and other primates are quite small.
How would you describe a trade surplus?
In order to have a trade surplus, a country must export (sell) more tangible goods than it imports (buys). If the opposite were true, a trade deficit would exist.
Why is your chihuahua keep pooping and throwing up?
A Chihuahua that is vomiting and pooping constantly is sick, and could have eaten something bad or it could have parvo. It is important to take it to the vet at this point.
Most apes 'can' be bipedal, in that their hip joints allow them to put their legs directly below their body. Chimpanzees, Bonobos, Orangutans, Gibbons and Siamangs will willingly walk on their hindlimbs in a bipedal fashion to some extent (particularly the gibbons!). They usually braciate or knuckle-walk (depending on species) for preference. It is only humans that are bipedal the majority of the time.
the great ape is in danger because people hunt and kill the apes and then sell them for money so they don't care about endangering the great apes they just need money...
Are apes one of the smartest animals in the world?
Yes, apes are smart. There just like monkeys. If the were not how could the live?
Why do male orangutans have cheek pouches?
It is now believed that orangutans have cheek pads to amplify their vocalisations. Effectively the pads work in the same way as putting your hands to the side of your face when you shout out.
As the pads develop only in dominant males, it is also believed that they enhance a male's visual impact, thereby making threats more convincing.
There are three perfectly reasonable answers to this question.
- A Gorilla (Genus Gorilla) - Gorillas are exclusive to Africa, and are the largest of all primates
- A Chimpanzee (Genus Pan) - Chimpanzees are also primates exclusive to Africa, and the common Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) can weigh in at 140 pounds and reach 5'3" in height, which is fairly big.
- Humans (Homo sapiens) are primates, inhabit Africa, and (as far as the fossil record has been able to determine) originate in Africa. Although humans aren't as massive as gorillas, they still qualify as being pretty darn big primates.
Of course, if you just wanted to know the largest African primate, that would be the Eastern Lowland Gorilla (Gorilla beringei graueri), which has been recorded at 860 pounds.
What was the name of mj's monkey?
Michael Jackson had a pet named Bubbles, but Bubbles was a "chimpanzee", which is a primate, and not a monkey.
Yes they can. There are a species of monkey that live in the mountains of Japan, however, they often use geothermal springs to keep warm.
These monkeys are called Snow Monkeys or Japanese Macaque. They live at latitudes between 41* and 31*north of the equator where temperatures range from 5*F to 73*F. In the winter these monkeys spend time in hot springs.
How did the southern ape live?
the southern ape man didn`t die.It actually evolved into other homohabinis.
Yes, but in reality there is no relation between the two.
See the book of Genesis for details.
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Yes the similarities between apes and humans on both the physical and the the genetic level is about 98%. This is because humans and apes split from a common ancestor several million years ago.
Chimps are studied because they are believed to be very similar to what our joint human-chimp ancestor probably looked like. Frans de Waal mentions in his book Bonobo: The Forgotten Ape(1997) that the ancestor may have looked similar to the bonobo, a close chimp cousin with a lighter frame and a more docile temperament. This is because their proportions are very similar to those of Australopithecus (a.k.a. Lucy), a more recent human ancestor who went extinct around 2 million years ago. Lucy had an arm-leg ratio of 12% and 28%. Bonobos have a ratio of 16% and 24% (p. 25). It is important to mention that bonobos split from chimps and not the other way around. If our ancestor had the proportions of a bonobo, it's possible that chimps developed their heavier frames due to the roughness of their early environment.
Has a chimpanzee ever eaten a human?
No, we share a common ancestor.
99.9% of all biologists understand that the evidence provided by Anthropology, Archeology, DNA and Genetic Sequencing show without a doubt that humans and chimpanzees have diverged from a common ancestor.
Although it has commonly been stated in the past that humans and chimpanzees have 98.5% DNA similarity, this figure has recently been found to be incorrect. Newer research has suggested that there is approximately 96% genetic similarity between Humans and chimpanzees overall.
Of course the fine details depend on what specific chromosomes one is looking at. Although 96% of the DNA is similar overall, there are some very significant differences in some chromosomes, where other chromosomes are nearly identical. Specifically, 18 of the chromosomes of humans are nearly identical to those of chimpanzees, the rest are very different (eg: chromosomes 4, 9, 12, 21, and y).
Some specific examples of differences include:
1) Humans have 23 pairs of chromosomes in total while chimpanzees have 24.
2) Chimpanzees and other apes have telomeres about 23 kilobases long, whereas humans are completely unique among primates with much shorter telomeres only 10 kilobases long.
3) The Y chromosome in chimpanzees is smaller than that of humans and only 60% of the genes are similar to those of the y chromosome of humans.
REFERENCES:
- Jennifer F. Hughes et al. 2010. Chimpanzee and human Y chromosomes are remarkably divergent in structure and gene content. Nature. Online first. January
- Archidiacono, N. et al. 1998. 'Evolution of chromosome Y in primates.' Chromosoma 107:241-246.
- Britten, R.J. 2002. 'Divergence between samples of chimpanzee and human DNA sequences is 5% counting indels.' Proceedings National Academy Science 99:13633-13635.
- Fujiyama, A., et al. 2002. 'Construction and analysis of a Human-Chimpanzee Comparative Clone Map.' Science 295:131-134.
- Gagneux, P. and Varki, A. 2001. 'Genetic differences between humans and great apes.' Mol Phylogenet Evol 18:2-13.
Do apes exhibit social behavior?
Salut: Though it is undetermined as to whether the ape actually thinks as a human does, all language is a form of social behavior.
Why are apes and monkeys alike?
A Baboon is a monkey. Baboons are classified as an Old World Monkey. So pretty much the answer to you question is they are similar in basically everything, because they are monkeys. The only difference is the physical look, i.e. the world famous Baboon butt and others. The answer to you question also varies widely based on what sub-species of Baboon you are trying to compare and to what other monkey species you are comparing it to.
How many ribs does orangutan have?
Don't think about it honey 'cause today's not the generation of apes...but if you want may be you should count your ribs and put it as an answer to ur question!!!!
joke...
How many fingers and toes do apes have?
Pretty much all mammals (including the other apes) have five fingers on each hand (as well as five toes on each foot). Even whales have the finger bones of five fingers within their flippers.
Are chimpanzees capable of language?
Chimpanzees were the first to learn American Sign Language, which is considered a full-fledged language. The idea to teach them to communicate with their hands was first suggested as far back as the 17th century. However, it wasn't until the 1960s (based on the observation of a Primatologist active during the 1920s) that the Gardners, a husband-wife team of psychologists, began to teach American Sign Language to a young female chimp named Washoe. The results of their study were first published in 1969. A good book on the subject is Next of Kin: My Conversations with Chimpanzees (1997) by Roger Fouts.
Owning an orangutan requires a number of permits and preparation. You could inquire at your local zoo, animal control, or see the World Wildlife Foundation website (related links). Owning an orangutan is not like owning a toothbrush; you can't just go out and get one, own it for a while, then throw it out.
Does apes or monkeys have fingernails?
They most likely evolved this way through natural selection to provide stability to the fingertip, and to make the fingers work better as tools and for gripping.
Do you believe that man descended from apes?
no cuz in the bible it doesnt say w are related to ape the bible says that god breathed life for the sand and created Adam and eve so we are not related to ape cuz god created us like him and the animal within their species
According to Darwin's Theory of Evolution, yes we are related to apes.
