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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
But there are no ape characters in the Lion King.
From Slate • Feb. 6, 2026
Here, in the mountainous forests of Batang Toru, is where they had always seen and heard the world's rarest ape, the Tapanuli orangutans.
From BBC • Dec. 11, 2025
Looking back at early man, perhaps, or at his ape cousins, he saw that running away was what you did instinctively when you were afraid; retreating was the usual effect of fear.
From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman
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