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We thought gorillas only walked on their knuckles. We were wrong

We thought gorillas only walked on their knuckles. We were wrong

16 February 2018

Modern gorillas can walk in a variety of styles, not just the famous “knuckle-walking”, suggesting our common ancestor was similarly resourceful
People are slaughtering orangutans and wiping them out

People are slaughtering orangutans and wiping them out

15 February 2018

The population of Bornean orangutans fell by almost half in just 16 years, and it was not a sad by-product of deforestation: many apes were killed deliberately

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