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Category Archives: Orangutan

The Newly Discovered And Nearly Extinct Tapanuli Orangutan Species

November 2, 2017

Up to today, there were two known Orangutan species, both critically endangered. There are about 4,000 more Sumatran orangutans (Pongo …

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Orangutans Cooling Off

August 21, 2011

Orangutan Behavior during the Rehabilitation Process

February 25, 2011

By Kristin Abt   A recent article “Fostering Appropriate Behavior in Rehabilitant Orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus)” published online in the International Journal of …

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Orangutan Genome Sequenced

January 26, 2011

The orangutan genome has been sequenced and published in today’s Nature. The paper, “Comparative and demographic analysis of orang-utan genomes,” …

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Orangutans: Geographic Variation in Behavioral Ecology and Conservation

February 24, 2009

New volume is the first to offer a site-by-site comparison of data recording similarities, differences in orangutan populations Des Moines, …

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Orangutans Are Shockingly Closer To Extinction

July 7, 2008

Anthropology.net blogger German Dziebel sent me this link about the dim future of orangutans in Indonesia, Brunei, and Malaysia. Afarensis …

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Orangutan from Borneo photographed using a spear tool to fish

April 29, 2008

Tool use among orangutans was first documented by Carel van Schaik. In 1994, Carel observed orangutans developing tools to help …

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Nakalipithecus nakayamai, a Miocene Ape from Kenya

November 17, 2007

The collective understanding of Miocene African primate evolution, especially ape evolution, is generally unfounded. Why? Because the fossil record is …

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A New African Miocene Ape: Nakalipithecus nakayamai

November 13, 2007

In August, 2007 Gen Suwa and crew reported on a new Ethiopian Miocene Ape, Chororapithecus abyssinicus. And today, Kenyan and …

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Human & Non-Human Ape Social Cognition Compared: Humans Have Evolved Specialized Skills

September 7, 2007

The web seemed to have exploded with news covering this hot-off-the-press open access Science paper, “Humans Have Evolved Specialized Skills …

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