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  • species of apes In ape

    …bonobo, and orangutan are called great apes in recognition of their comparatively large size and humanlike features; the gibbons are called lesser apes. The great apes are much more intelligent than monkeys and gibbons. Great apes, for example, are able to recognize themselves in mirrors (monkeys and other nonhumans cannot,…

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human evolution

  • human lineage In human evolution: The anatomy of bipedalism

    …anatomic differences between hominins and great apes. These differences are readily identified in fossils, particularly those of the pelvis and lower limbs.

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