humans
chimps
gorillas
orang-utans
gibbons
are these all apes?
thanks
2007-10-05 16:17:35 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Anthropology
They are all considered apes. All of them are in the superfamily Hominoidae (apes), of which there are two families: Hylobatidae (gibbons) and Hominidae (orangutans, gorillas, chimpanzees and humans).
2007-10-05 21:10:08 · answer #1 · answered by DK713 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
If the primate doesn't have a tail, it is more than likely an ape. All primates have eyes on the front of their faces instead of the side like other mammals and all primates have opposable thumbs (thumbs that can touch every other finger). All primates have 5 fingers with fingernails. Gibbons are lesser apes and gorillas, humans, orangutans, and chimpanzees are greater apes. All apes are naturally omnivorous. Chimps and humans share around 98% of their DNA.
2007-10-06 07:02:49 · answer #2 · answered by speaking_my_mind 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yup. All the above but the gibbons are great apes, while the gibbons and some other species are lesser apes. Heh, you can tell we're great apes because we gave the group a cooler name.
2007-10-06 23:13:56 · answer #3 · answered by random6x7 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It mostly depends on how you choose to define apes. Gorillas are the only true apes; but all those species are primates.
If I can remember the classification levels:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Vertebrates
Class:?
Order:?
Family: Primate
Genus:
Species
All of their Genus(es, or Genii) are different from each other- but we do belong to one family. :-)
2007-10-06 09:47:16 · answer #4 · answered by jared_e42 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No. They are all primates. Chimps, gorillas, and orangutans are all apes, but Gibbons are monkeys.
2007-10-06 12:06:12 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
No. Humans are not; gibbons are not. In fact, the only apes in the list are gorillas.
2007-10-05 23:52:05 · answer #6 · answered by Nothingusefullearnedinschool 7 · 0⤊ 4⤋
take a good look around at the people on the streets, how many knuckle walkers do you see
2007-10-06 11:35:13 · answer #7 · answered by sandi c 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋