apes
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That absence led many researchers to conclude that apes and their close relatives were largely restricted to areas farther south in Africa at the time.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 24, 2026
The species also appears to occupy a significant position in the evolutionary history of apes.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 24, 2026
Masripithecus shows that apes were already living in North Africa during the Early Miocene.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 24, 2026
More tolerant groups showed higher levels of reassuring touch, including what researchers described as "reassurance trains", in which multiple apes embraced one another in succession.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
She looked like she did in the photos of her holding me as a child — except, bizarrely, with giant hairy apes in her arms.
From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer
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