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Primates are placental mammals that include gorillas, monkeys and chimpanzees, as well as humans. Other than humans, primates are found mostly in Central and South America, Africa, and South Asia.
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Are chimpanzees evolving in the wild?
Until now, no one has documented a definite case of chimpanzees using tools to hunt in the traditional sense. Find out what a new study on chimpanzees may reveal about human evolution.
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Is there a difference between monkeys and apes?
Monkeys and apes have lots of similarities, but they're not the same animal. In a lot of ways, it all comes down to the tail.
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Why do humans walk on two legs?
Did you know you conserve energy every time you walk across a room? You do, in evolutionary terms at least. Find out how and why humans began walking upright and what this has to do with our body's energy use.
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Ape
Ape, any of 13 species of tailless primates. The orangutan, gorilla, chimpanzee, and pygmy chimpanzee are the largest apes and are called great apes.
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Aye-Aye
Aye-aye, ', a lemur-like primate found only on Madagascar. It is up to 40 inches (1 m) long, including a 24-inch (60-cm) tail.
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Baboon
Baboon, a large monkey that inhabits savannahs and rocky hills in Africa and southwestern Arabia.
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Capuchin
Capuchin, or Sopajou, a South American monkey. Above its eyes is a hoodlike growth of fur that resembles a monk's cowl.
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Chimpanzee
Chimpanzee, an ape of equatorial Africa. It is the most intelligent of all apes, capable of using tools and of learning complicated tasks.
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Drill
Drill, a West African monkey. The animal weighs up to 60 pounds (28 kg), grows up to 38 inches (95 cm) in height, and has a four-inch (10-cm) tail.
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Gibbon
Gibbon, the smallest ape. Of the nine species, most are found in Southeast Asia and the Malay Archipelago.
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Gorilla
Gorilla, the largest primate. There are three subspecies. The western lowland gorilla inhabits the rain forests of Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the extreme southwestern Central African Republic, and extreme southeastern Nigeria.
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Howler Monkey
Howler Monkey, a New World monkey. There are six species. Howler monkeys are the largest of the New World monkeys; they are about three feet (90 cm) long, including the prehensile (grasping) tail.
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Human Being
Human Being. Human beings are mammals that, biologically, are closely related to the great apes (orangutans, chimpanzees, and gorillas).
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Lemur
Lemur, a small furred animal. The name lemur is applied to many animals, including true lemurs, dwarf lemurs, mouse lemurs, weasel (or sportive) lemurs, and the flying lemur.
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Mandrill
Mandrill, a large, colorful monkey of western Africa. The adult male is nearly three feet (90 cm) long.
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Marmoset
Marmoset, a New World monkey. Marmosets are found in South and Central America. There are more than 20 species, some of which are also called tamarins.
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Monkeys
Monkey, one of a large group of furred animals whose feet are used much like hands. There are over 200 species of monkeys.
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Orangutan
Orangutan, a species of anthropoid (manlike) ape. Orangutans are related to gorillas, chimpanzees, and gibbons.
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Primate
Primate, in zoology, any member of the animal group (the order Primates) that includes lemurs, tarsiers, monkeys, apes, and humans.
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Barbary Ape, a tailless monkey, the only wild monkey found in Europe. The animal is not a true ape, but is related to the macaques of Asia.
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