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The study's findings, said the authors, show that extreme rainfall events can directly threaten the survival of great ape populations.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
As our host informs us with some pride, Pablo went on to found a group of 65—the largest ape clan ever, we are told.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
Researchers report that a newly uncovered fossil ape from northern Egypt is changing how scientists view early hominoid evolution.
From Science Daily • Mar. 27, 2026
The area is home to the world's rarest great ape, the tapanuli orangutan, just 800 of which were believed to exist in the wild before the disaster.
From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026
For a time the roads were endangered by a fantastic creature, half man and half ape, that a traveller to the West had captured and brought back to China in a cage.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
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