2023年5月11日 · There are over 500 species of primates including monkeys, apes, lorises, lemurs, and chimpanzees. Neanderthals are an extinct subspecies of humans who inhabited Eurasia and went extinct 40,000 years ago.

Gigantopithecus (/ dʒaɪˌɡæntoʊpɪˈθikəs, ˈpɪθɪkəs, dʒɪ -/ jy-gan-toh-pih-THEE-kəs, -⁠PITH-ih-kəs, jih-[2]) [a] is an extinct genus of ape that lived in southern China from 2 million to approximately 300,000-200,000 years ago during the Early to Middle Pleistocene, represented by one species, Gigantopithecus blacki. [3] .

The World's 25 Most Endangered Primates is a list of highly endangered primate species selected and published by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Species Survival Commission (SSC) Primate Specialist Group (PSG), the International Primatological Society (IPS), Global Wildlife Conservation (GWC), and Bristol Zoological ...

This is a list of fossil primates—extinct primates for which a fossil record exists. Primates are generally thought to have evolved from a small, unspecialized mammal, which probably fed on insects and fruits. However, the precise source of the primates remains controversial and even their arboreal origin has recently been questioned. [1]

2025年1月11日 · Fossil evidence unearthed in South America reveals the incredible story of these ancient primates, who clung to life on rafts of vegetation and survived a voyage that seemed impossible—not once,...