Book review – “Chimpanzee”: lessons from our sister species
By Alyson Baker* Chimpanzee is a wonderfully comprehensive book. Kevin D. Hunt is Professor of [...]
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In April, Daniel Stiles, an independent wildlife trade researcher for over 20 years, released a report by the Global Initiative organization warning about the problem of great apes trafficking in Africa. A sad already known reality, but that, unfortunately, seems to be no closer to being solved. In the midst of increasing numbers of rescues, […]
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GAP Project condemns the insults mande against the soccer player Vinicius Jr.
The Great Ape Project / Proyecto Gran Simio condemns the public insults made against the [...]
Africa: Baby chimps continued to be rescue from illegal trade and need your support
From PASA – Pan African Sanctuaries Alliance We are terrified by how many orphaned primates [...]
Chimpanzees synchronize their steps just like humans
Behavioral research with chimpanzees is fascinating because, besides the similarities found with human behavior, it [...]
Argentina: The Supreme Court of Río Negro ordered the transfer of chimpanzee “Toti” to a sanctuary
By Newsroom – Site Rio Negro The chimpanzee is 33 years old and has been [...]
Comparison of genomes from 240 species makes fresh revelations about human evolution
In the end of April, scientists released the key results of a major study that [...]
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.
