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apePrimate of the family Pongidae, closely related to humans, including gibbon, orang-utan, chimpanzee, and gorilla. The earliest known ape is believed by US researchers to have lived 20 million yeas ago in Uganda. Morotopithecus was about the size of a modern chimpanzee. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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This latter realization suggests that running in and of itself helped early Homo become the first fully terrestrial hominoid. The last common ancestor of the living hominoid primate species died off no later than ten million years ago, and for much of that time none of the surviving species were particularly human. The western lowland gorilla diet has implications for the health of humans and other hominoids. |
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