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Artist's rendering of a group of G. blacki within a forest in southern China. Credit: Garcia/Juan-Boyo (Southern Cross University)

3 meter tall apes in East Asia became extinct because they were overspecialized

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In the spectacular karst landscapes of southern China, giant apes, known as Gigantopithecus blacki, once roamed. They were three meters tall and weighed about 250 kilograms. They became extinct about 300 thousand years ago. The reasons for the extinction of these apes remained a mystery for years
New research shows great apes have an extraordinary social memory, recognizing former group members even after more than 25 years. This finding, which indicates a significant cognitive similarity between great apes and humans, emphasizes the depth and duration of social ties in our animal relatives. The study found the longest-lasting non-human social memories ever recorded. Photo: Johns Hopkins University

Eternal bonds: Great apes exhibit remarkable memory for their long-lost friends

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Great apes recognize pictures of group members they haven't seen in more than 25 years and respond more enthusiastically to pictures of their friends, new research suggests
The gorilla Leah. Photo: Tivor Yeager, courtesy of the Safari

The evolution of facial expressions

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The primitive facial architecture of the gorilla as a key to understanding human facial expressions
The brain of primates has an amazing ability to recognize faces. Researchers are now beginning to crack that code. Illustration: Turinboy.

How the brain recognizes faces

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A macaque monkey in a facility for animal experiments. Source: Understanding Animal Research.

Transparency is the way to improve the treatment of primates in scientific research

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The Indonesian Terasius - the smallest primate in the world. Photo: shutterstock

Indonesian tarsius (Tarsius syrichta) - the monkey that can see beyond the dark

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A hooded cashier sticks a stick in his nose. Screenshot from a YouTube video of the Science site

Picking your nose in the name of science

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An illustration illustrating what the ancient primate might have looked like in its natural habitat on trees, XIJUN NI

The oldest primate skeleton has been discovered - a creature the size of a mouse that lived 55 million years ago

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