Thomas Lovejoy, renowned biologist who coined ‘biological diversity,’ dies at 80
Thomas Lovejoy, a well-known American conservation biologist who coined the term “biological diversity” in 1980, [...]
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World Biological Corridor has defined kilometer zero for chimpanzees
By GAP Project Spain The International Committee of the World Biological Corridor (CICBM) declared as the KILOMETER ZERO FOR CHIMPANZEES a large area in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The action took place together with the association Paradis des Primatas, which in the last year has been coordinating the formation of unarmed ecoguards with local groups. […]
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Happy Holidays and Happy 2022!
GAP Project Brazil/International wishes you Happy Holidays and a New Year with good health and [...]
Artificial intelligence used to recognise primate behaviours in the wild
Scientists at the University of Oxford have developed new artificial intelligence (AI) models to recognise [...]
Chimpanzees in Kant’s Moral Landscape
By Alyson Baker* Why do we treat others ethically? Why must we treat others ethically? [...]
USA: Eight new sanctuary residents
From the Center for Great Apes (CGA) Ewok, Josh, Billy, Mystery, Sabina, Maude, Shauri Ya [...]
Rest in Peace, Knuckles 1999 – 2021
By Patti Ragan, from Center for Great Apes Losing one of our great ape residents [...]
Great Primates
Great Primates
Orangutan, gorilla, chimpanzee, bonobo and human. These are the five great primates, which are so defined because they do not have tails and are a little bit ahead of their cousins monkeys on the evolution scale. Popularly one calls all the primates monkeys, but the truth is that monkeys are the ones who have tails. Africa was the place where the first no-tailed primates appeared. Orangutan appeared between 12 and 15 millions years ago, and after came the gorillas (8 to 9 millions) and the humans (7 millions). Chimpanzees and bonobos must have appeared 5 or 6 millions years ago.
Sanctuaries
Affiliated Sanctuaries
GAP Project Brazil has four affiliated sanctuaries that houses more than 70 chimpanzees. All of them fulfill and offers more than the standards defined by Ibama of great primates’ enclosures, as long as the day-to-day routine showed that their needs go beyond the descriptions of the current Brazilian legislation.
The enclosures of the sanctuaries have an internal area with connection aisles and an external area with solariums, where the chimpanzees can play, run, socialize and exercise.
