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- Gorillas live in stable family groups numbering from 6 to 30. The groups are led by one or two (occasionally more) silverback males that are related to each other, usually a father and one or more of his sons. Occasionally brothers lead a group. The other members are females, infants, juveniles, and young adult males (blackbacks).
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Jul 4, 2024 · Scientists have uncovered evidence for gene flow from an extinct gorilla population to eastern gorillas, providing new insights into the evolutionary history of our relatives and ancestors. They suggest ancient interbreeding events left a genetic legacy, detectable in the genomes of present-day eastern gorillas.
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Jun 25, 2024 · Gorilla, genus of primates containing the largest of the apes. The gorilla is one of the closest living relatives to humans. Only the chimpanzee and the bonobo are closer. Gorillas live only in tropical forests of equatorial Africa. Most authorities recognize two species and four subspecies.
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Jun 25, 2024 · ape, (superfamily Hominoidea), any tailless primate of the families Hylobatidae (gibbons) and Hominidae (chimpanzees, bonobos, orangutans, gorillas, and human beings). Apes are found in the tropical forests of western and central Africa and Southeast Asia.
1 hour ago · AP. One of the oldest male gorillas who was living at a US zoo has died at the age of 52. The gorilla named Winston lived roughly 20 years beyond his life expectancy at the San Diego Zoo Safari ...
Jul 3, 2024 · The team found that divergence of gorillas from humans and chimpanzees occurred around ten million years ago. The split between eastern and western gorillas was much more recent, in the last million years or so, and was gradual, although they are now genetically distinct.
1 day ago · He was 52. Winston, one of the oldest gorillas in the world and a popular fixture at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, has died after experiencing multiple health problems, officials announced. He ...
6 days ago · On April 15, an unexpected event occurred with silverback gorilla Inshuti, one of the long-time solitary males monitored throughout his life by Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund teams in Rwanda – he formed a new group.
