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An ape is any member of the Hominoidea superfamily of primates, including humans. Due to its ambiguous nature, the term ape has been deemphasized in favor of Hominoidea as a means of describing taxonomic relationships. Under the current classification system there are two families of hominoids:
A few other primates, such as the Barbary Ape, have the word ape in their common names (usually to indicate lack of a tail), but they are not regarded as true apes. Except for gorillas and humans, all true apes are agile climbers of trees. They are best described as omnivorous, their diet consisting of fruit, including grass seeds, and in most cases other animals, either hunted or scavenged, along with anything else available and easily digested. They are native to Africa and Asia, although humans have spread to all parts of the world. Most ape species, except humans, are rare or endangered. The chief threat to most of the endangered species is loss of tropical rainforest habitat, though some populations are further imperiled by hunting for bushmeat. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License How can monkeys/apes still exist if we evolved from them? Q. Ok, we evolved from monkeys/apes and then moved out of Africa. There are still monkeys/apes in Africa. An evolved species tends to wipe out the ancestor, because the new species is better for whatever reason. We don't see ancient horses running around next to their modern relatives. Could we be cross breeds? I know some people are going to think this question is stupid, but come on! Why is there NO proof of ancient species living side by side to their modern relatives! Asked by kalima76 - Wed Nov 5 16:23:44 2008 - - 10 Answers - 2 Comments A. Because we did not evolve from them, but we have a common ancestor. Chimps are like our cousins (common grandparents), not our parents. And the reasons they did not ge replaced by us, is because they do fill a different niche then we do, hence we co-exist. Hope this helps. Answered by Alaska Pink Jewel - Wed Nov 5 16:30:01 2008 Is the merging of chromosome 2 really proof of a common ancestor of apes and humans? Q. I don't know how long this has been out, but I've recently heard that researchers found the merging chromosome two in humans and that was proof that humans evolved from apes. I was wondering if they have found merging chromosomes in other species also like birds evolving from reptiles? Or would that work the same way with birds and reptiles as it did with apes and humans? Asked by shammycamcam - Fri Nov 6 07:32:42 2009 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments A. well, first of all, it's not the only proof. many other lines of inquiries point to the same conclusion. moreover, now everything points to the fact that we are a species of old world apes, closely related to the great apes. nothing fundamentally different in our biological fabric. the stuff with the chromosome merging is interesting, because we know that all honinidae have 24 pairs of chromosomes, except humans. and there are evidences that this pair comes from the end to end fusion of two other chromosomes (found in other apes). this precise mechanism (fusion of chromosomes, which is a special case of translocation) could be found in other species, but not necessarily. and if the translocation happened aeons ago, it will be difficult to… [cont.] Answered by rienafairefr - Fri Nov 6 08:35:43 2009 How did humans evovle from Monkeys/Apes?
Q. I've heard that human evolved from Apes long ago... How did that happen? When a female ape gives birth, wont she give birth to another ape? And if creatures evolve into other things, what are we(humans) going to evolve into? Asked by GoghXD - Tue Jul 14 16:27:55 2009 - - 9 Answers - 0 Comments A. They didn't. Evolution doesn't work. If you think about what people present as evidence for evolution, the theory constantly contradicts itself. For example, the process of evolution is based on a trial-and-error principle, yet every stage of evolution shows signs of perfection. There appear to be no errors. The main "convincing" argument in favour of evolution is the explanation of how the eye evolved. Light sensitive cells that formed a dome, the dome got covered over with transparent membrane... etc. etc. There are creatures and fossils that show the eye at various stages of evolution. However, what doesn't seem to exist is the stages where it doesn't work. You never see areas of the body that are domed without light sensitive cells,… [cont.] Answered by PRyder2000 - Tue Jul 14 16:42:15 2009 From Yahoo Answer Search: "Apes"  news.google.com Silicon Valley's Metro ... and surreal tangents in Regan's bits on topics as varied as learning Spanish, kidnapping Russell Crowe and writing banana jokes for Planet of the Apes . ... Brian Regan keeps it funny but clean Bakersfield Californian Comedian to perform at Golden State Theatre The Salinas Californian all 3 news articles » news.google.com Walpole Times The idea will begin to sink in about what they mean by formulaic in Tinsel Town when one watches the second Planet of the Apes movie, and every Apes ... news.google.com Examiner.com From observing apes and monkeys, some scientists have decided that people must first have communicating by gesture and later on given that up and then ... From Google News Search: "Apes"  synapticblur.com 129px x 85px | 4.50kB [source page] Monkey Apes Humans by Walking on Two Legs where s your messiah now well we re slowly getting to the point where the evolution of species and the common diversity of life will be so obvious that if we can t deny all religion  dumbesttv.freehomepage.com 337px x 251px | 34.50kB [source page] thing about the Planet of the Apes is that the make up was simply awesome Watching the characters barely move their lips just doesn t cut it The animation was stiff and unconvincing The series also crossed over the line of disbelief We can buy into the fact that there s an ape planet but seeing people attacked by a giant snake or spider was more than we were willing  aversion.com 207px x 325px | 22.10kB [source page] The Apes take high energy rock strip out the guitar that s usually the basis for its sound and replace it with an organ The D C band s sound has just as momentum though From Yahoo Image Search: "Apes"  theplaylist.blogspot.com Gabe Toro Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:20:00 GM Development continues on the Fox lot for another film in the "Planet of the . Apes. " series. The studio held fast on the desire to let the franchise cool after the 2001 relaunch won the series few new fans, so this latest attempt is a ...  flickr.com (SANCHO PANZAA) ue, 09 Feb 2010 14:54:32 GM planet of the . apes. standing next to king kong. planet of the . apes. standing next to king kong by sancho panzaa. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jV5jE4kroO4. To take full advantage of Flickr, you should use a JavaScript-enabled browser and ...  cinematical.com Jessica Barnes Sat, 23 Jan 2010 17:33:00 GM A little over a year ago, there were rumblings that Fox was looking to reboot the Planet of The . Apes. franchise after the disastrous 2001 film by Tim Burton. But, before you could say 'damn you all to Hell,' the project was seemingly ... From Google Blog Search: "Apes" |
