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The living '''apes''' are [[Primate|primates]] who are tailess, of relatively large body size and all live in the old world. They are catarrhine primates and have eight premolars.
The living '''apes''' are [[Primate|primates]] who are tailess, of relatively large body size and all live in the [[Old World]]. The group includes [[Hominin|humans]]. All apes are catarrhine primates and have eight premolars.


==Ape species==
==Ape species==


Typically included in the grouping "apes" are [[gibbons]] and [[siamangs]] from [[southeast Asia]], [[Orangutans]] from [[Borneo]] and [[Sumatra]], [[Mountain Gorilla|Mountain]] and [[Lowland gorilla|Lowland Gorillas]], [[Chimpanzees]] and [[Bonobos]] and [[humans]]. Under the modern genetic classification scheme (see [[Hominin]] for more on this), apes are in the superfamily Hominoidea. Underneath this hominoid umbrella falls orang-utans, gorillas, chimps and humans in the Family Hominidae. In recognition of their [[Genetics|genetic]] divergence some 11-13 million years ago, the orangutans are placed in the sub-family [[Ponginae]] and the [[Africa|African]] apes, including humans, are lumped together in the Subfamily Homininae. The bipedal apes, namely all of the fossil species as well as living humans, fall into the Tribe ''[[Hominin|Hominini]]''. Some [[Evolution|evolutionary]] biologists include humans and chimpanzees within the same genus, the genus ''Homo''<ref name="Berger1">{{cite web |url=http://http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2001/12/1204_hominin_id.html|title=Is it time to revise the system of scientific naming|accessdate=2007-08-10|author=L.R. Berger|authorlink= |coauthors= |date=2001 |format= |work= |publisher=National Geographic|pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</ref><ref name="Fleagle">{{cite book|title=Primate Adaptation and Evolution|accessdate=|author=J. Fleagle|authorlink= |coauthors= |date=1998 |format= |work= |publisher=Academic Press: New York|pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</ref><ref name="Szalay">{{cite book |title=Evolutionary History of the Primates|accessdate=|author=F. Szalay and E. Delson|authorlink= |coauthors= |date=2001 |format= |work= |publisher=Academic Press, New York|pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</ref>.
Typically included in the grouping "apes" are [[gibbons]] and [[siamangs]] from [[southeast Asia]], [[Orangutans]] from [[Borneo]] and [[Sumatra]], [[Mountain Gorilla|Mountain]] and [[Lowland gorilla|Lowland Gorillas]], [[Chimpanzees]] and [[Bonobos]] and humans. Under the modern genetic classification scheme (see [[Hominin]] for more on this), apes are in the superfamily Hominoidea. Underneath this hominoid umbrella falls orang-utans, gorillas, chimps and humans in the Family Hominidae. In recognition of their [[Genetics|genetic]] divergence some 11-13 million years ago, the orangutans are placed in the sub-family [[Ponginae]] and the [[Africa|African]] apes, including humans, are lumped together in the Subfamily Homininae. The bipedal apes, namely all of the fossil species as well as living humans, fall into the Tribe ''[[Hominin|Hominini]]''. Some [[Evolution|evolutionary]] biologists include humans and chimpanzees within the same genus, the genus ''Homo''<ref name="Berger1">{{cite web |url=http://http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2001/12/1204_hominin_id.html|title=Is it time to revise the system of scientific naming|accessdate=2007-08-10|author=L.R. Berger|authorlink= |coauthors= |date=2001 |format= |work= |publisher=National Geographic|pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</ref><ref name="Fleagle">{{cite book|title=Primate Adaptation and Evolution|accessdate=|author=J. Fleagle|authorlink= |coauthors= |date=1998 |format= |work= |publisher=Academic Press: New York|pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</ref><ref name="Szalay">{{cite book |title=Evolutionary History of the Primates|accessdate=|author=F. Szalay and E. Delson|authorlink= |coauthors= |date=2001 |format= |work= |publisher=Academic Press, New York|pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</ref>.


==Living Apes==  
==Living Apes==  

Revision as of 07:23, 12 August 2007

The living apes are primates who are tailess, of relatively large body size and all live in the Old World. The group includes humans. All apes are catarrhine primates and have eight premolars.

Ape species

Typically included in the grouping "apes" are gibbons and siamangs from southeast Asia, Orangutans from Borneo and Sumatra, Mountain and Lowland Gorillas, Chimpanzees and Bonobos and humans. Under the modern genetic classification scheme (see Hominin for more on this), apes are in the superfamily Hominoidea. Underneath this hominoid umbrella falls orang-utans, gorillas, chimps and humans in the Family Hominidae. In recognition of their genetic divergence some 11-13 million years ago, the orangutans are placed in the sub-family Ponginae and the African apes, including humans, are lumped together in the Subfamily Homininae. The bipedal apes, namely all of the fossil species as well as living humans, fall into the Tribe Hominini. Some evolutionary biologists include humans and chimpanzees within the same genus, the genus Homo[1][2][3].

Living Apes

INFRAORDER CATARRHINI

Superfamily Hominoidea
Family Hylobatidae
Family Hominidae


References

  1. ↑ L.R. Berger (2001). Is it time to revise the system of scientific naming. National Geographic. Retrieved on 2007-08-10.
  2. ↑ J. Fleagle (1998). Primate Adaptation and Evolution. Academic Press: New York. 
  3. ↑ F. Szalay and E. Delson (2001). Evolutionary History of the Primates. Academic Press, New York. 
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