This is what the bonobo's foot is capable of. Neurobiologist and the author of a dozen books on anthropology, brains, evolution,Ĭopy of one of the books, click on a cover for the link to. It can be concluded that most of the poaching was done during the absence of Japanese researchers. Still alive, but the number of bonobos in E2 had greatly decreased from what was observed five to six yearsĪgo. All E1 members checked in the previous year were I stayed at Wamba from February to July 1995 to do research, conduct conservationĪctivity and to census the members of E1 and E2 groups. Members of E1 were censused and it was found that 10 bonobos including 2 young females disappeared during Many bonobos appeared to have died or disappeared during this period. In 1991, a riot broke out in Kinshasa, the capital of Zaire, and research at Wamba was stopped for nearly 2Īnd a half years. See the Pan Africa News article on human hunting of bonobos, entitled: "Economic Difficulties in Zaire and theĭisappearing Taboo against Hunting Bonobos in Right on the equator at 22 degrees East, of the Democratic Republic of Congoīonobos have no national park, nothing to protect them from human hunting and encroachment except for the tropical diseases which limit human habitation in the area. The common chimps range from the East African Rift Valley to westernmost Africa.īonobos live in the wild in only one section of the Congo River basin, Phi Beta Kappa book prize for science as literature. Extinctions are shown by terminated bars onlyīook, A Brain for All Seasons. Lineages split into east and west subspecies because of ice ageĭroughts. The bonobo became separate lineages, as did bipedal woodlandĪpes (e.g., Australopithecines) and our Homo lineageĪbout 1 million years ago, both the gorilla and chimpanzee About 2.5 million years ago, the common chimpanzee and
That existed about 6 million years ago (sometimes called "Pan Gibbon lineage split off the siamangs about 2.5 million years Years ago and orangutans about 12-14 million years back the Last shared a common ancestor with the Old World Monkeys aboutĢ5 million years ago.
The uncommon social structure, sexual behavior and intellectual capacity ofīonobos give us a unique glimpse of the roots of human nature. One sees the reassuring arm around the shoulder, hugging and kissing. īonobos and chimps are our closest cousins among the apes. Video links for bonobos and chimps from Yerkes also the Great Apes Trust. The best book around on bonobos is the one by theīonobo: The Forgotten Ape(University of California Press 1997) Note that both areĮxhibiting the characteristic "play face" seen in many mammals. Two youngsters playing in the foreground. Group at the San Diego Zoo shows a resting adult in the background, with If you want to see a stand-in for what human ancestors looked like, and acted like,Ħ-7 million years ago, go and watch a band of bonobos in a zoo (lists below). Still, walking on all fours is less tiringīehaviorally, these two Pan species are our closest cousins,įollowed by gorilla, orangutan, gibbon, and siamang. Left bank of the Congo River (common chimps are the Right Bank Chimps, extending from Tanzania and Uganda all of the way to West Africa).īonobos walk upright somewhat more easily That's because they only live in one small and shrinking place, the swampy equatorial forests of the (in 1926), some three centuries after the other apes were known to science. Gallery of all the ape species including another identificationĬhallenge, telling the apes apart from one another.Īlso known as pygmy chimpanzees, were the last ape species to be identified In either Africa or southeast Asia and its offshore islands. The "great apes" are the orangutan, gorilla,Ĭhimpanzee, and bonobo. Remaining ape species: the "lesser apes" are the gibbon and siamang. There used to be many species of apes, but most are now extinct. Versatile shoulder joints, and have brains about twice as large.
ApesĮvolved from Old World Monkeys about 25 million years ago.Īpes are "super monkeys" in the same sense that humans areĬompared to monkeys, apes are tailless, have very Do not know the difference between a monkey and an ape.
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