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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
Does the mother orangutan take care of her baby?
An orangutan takes care of it's baby much like a human cares for their young. The orangutan will carry the baby and nurse it.
How do chimpanzees take care of they young?
the mother always stays very close to her baby. After one year, the little child is carried on the mother's back, but it will take four more years before the child is weaned by its mother. Mothers wean their children when they get pregnant again (after about five years)
What was the difference between apes and early hominids?
The order of primates includes homo sapiens along with chimpanzees, monkeys, marmosets, etc.
How do white cheeked gibbons adapt to their environment?
Here is how:
- They have long arms and legs to swing from branch to branch
- Strong legs which ables them to walk on two legs
- There colour can be hidden in their habitat
- They are warm so the baby gibbons can hang on to them in the early stages
There are all the reasons I have found,hope this helped!
I'm pretty sure they live in nests made of leaves and sticks, and eat fruit and drink water from rivers or from leaves. apes have babies and have to nurture them for a really long time, almost as long as a human, and teach them how to make safe nests and how to get food.
What are some adaptations that a ape has?
it has good grip to climb trees and its quite muscular to hold on for long, basically that's all.
The term 'Great Apes' encompasses all species of ape. Gorillas, chimpanzees, orangutans, and bonobos live in Africa and parts of Indonesia.
Why did an ape evolve into Man and the other apes not?
It is inaccurate to say that humans were once other similar apes such as gorillas or chimpanzees. Instead, evolutions states that our species and other species of great apes share a common ancestor. That means at some point a long time ago, our three species were one species and over time, we diverged into what we are today. It is exceedingly unlikely for any of the current species of great apes to retrace millions of years of evolution back to that common ancestor and begin to evolve on the exact same path as humans. Instead, they will continue on their own evolutionary path that is parallel to others and will not converge.
When did the split between humans and apes occur?
Apes do not turn into a men. Both the great apes and humans have a common ancestor who lived around 7 million years ago. One group of this ancestor population stayed in the trees and became modern apes, while another ventured further and further afield of the forest to become humans. The need to walk over savannah while our arms were full of various food stuffs or weapons lead to our current foot structure and bipedal locomotion. We lost our hair as a way to cool our bodies, and we gained darker skin to keep it from getting burnt by the sun. Our brains grew so we could better adapt to the ever changing environment of ancient Africa. Eating more cooked meat contributed to this growth. Our once ape-like flat nose grew to its current proportions to deal with colder temperatures. A good book that explains all of this is Before the Dawn(2006) by Nicholas Wade.
Having said that, several Chimps and Bonobos have been raised from birth in captivity in the hopes that they would eventually learn to speak or read. One female Chimp was taught to say "mamma," "pappa," and "cup" during the 1920s. However, since their esophagus is different than ours, she could only produce the sounds while breathing in. There are several apes that are very proficient at communicating through sign language or lexogram symbols. One Bonobo named Kanzi has shown himself to understand many English words. Look up the youtube video "Kanzi Understands Spoken Language" to see an example of his proficiency.
Where would you find Barbary apes?
Barbary Apes are found just outside of Asia. They can be found in Libya, Algeria, and Morocco. There are also a small population of them in Gibraltar.
Chimpanzees & Bonobos are humans closet relatives.
They have between 94-99 % of the same DNA as humans.
( depending on who you believe ).
Sorry, the answer to your question is....hair.
Yes. The term means that they are similar to humans. Even the three bears from 'Goldilocks' are said to be anthropoid.
Yes. Belly buttons mark the place where the baby monkey's umbilical (um-BIL-i-cal) cord was attached. Being mammals, baby monkeys grow inside their mothers. The umbilical cord brings food and oxygen from the mother to the baby while the baby is in the womb. Sometime after the baby monkey is born, the umbilical cord falls off, leaving a small scar called the belly button. When a monkey's belly fur is long or thick the belly button is usually hard to see. Monkeys like white-faced capuchin Heidi have thinner belly fur and the belly button is easier to find. Still, you have to look through her fur to find it. Monkey belly buttons are located in the same place on the stomach that you would find your own belly button. Young patas monkey Bhuti had what seemed to be an "outie" belly button about the size of a grape. It turned out to be a belly button hernia instead. Bhuti needed a doctor visit to have it repaired. (The only mammals who don't have belly buttons are kangaroos, other marsupials and egg laying mammals like the platypus. Marsupials have umbilical cords but they break off from them at such a young age that the scars left behind are impossible to see.) Here is Bhuti the patas monkey, above, when she was only about 5 months old and still had her belly button hernia. Because of her thick belly fur, it could only be felt or seen up close. Below, white-faced capuchin Heidi's belly fur is thinner but you still have to look up close to see her belly button.
Which taxa do humans and apes have in common?
Humans and apes share several taxa within the biological classification system, primarily at the level of order and family. Both belong to the order Primates, which includes all primates, and the family Hominidae, known as great apes. This family encompasses orangutans, gorillas, chimpanzees, and bonobos, highlighting the close evolutionary relationship among these species. Additionally, humans and apes share a more specific genus, as humans and chimpanzees are classified under the subfamily Homininae.
Is a rat a mammal? YES.
Backbone.. CHECK
Warm blood .. CHECK
Cute.. CHECK (jk)
Rat = mammal.
Rat = rodent.
Rodent = mammal. (trasition property)
Chinchilla = rodent.
Therefore through transition property Chinchilla = mammal
Why do gorillas pound their chests?
It's a form of sign language:
It is a way to display (claim) dominance.
It is used to scare off other animals
It is a warning.
They can't talk so they do physical things to communicate.
What is the average IQ of an ape?
IQ tests must be closely matched to the culture and environment of the subject. It is impossible to devise an accurate IQ test for non-human species, since we are unable to construct tests that take their internal viewpoint into account. Any such numbers that you read are only estimates, based on human-centered expectations.
Most estimates of intellectual capability put apes and chimps at about the level of about a 2-year-old human child. On the other hand, they can survive in the jungle. If we gave a child a test based on jungle survival, it would fail dismally -- unless it were raised in the jungle and understood it. You can see the difficulty of testing subjects that are not in their natural habitat, and incarcerated to boot.
Did humans really come from apes?
No, man did not descend from apes, at least not the modern apes that we know. However, there is overwhelming evidence, both from the fossil record and from DNA, that man is descended from the same common ancestor as the apes. Our ancestors diverged from the ancestors of chimpanzees around seven million years ago.
Why don't orangutans have tails?
No, orangutans are apes and apes do not have tails. Monkeys have tails.
