Dec 1, 2018 · The high offspring survival is remarkable, noting that modern human populations seem to have reached the same level of survival only in the 20th century. The orangutans' …

Slow lorises move slowly and deliberately, making little or no noise, and when threatened, they stop moving and remain motionless. Their only documented predators—apart from …

Sep 27, 2011 · In this review, I present the evidence for the reduced reproductive effort life histories of primates and discuss the ways that such life-history tactics are understood in …

Great ape abstract Orangutans (Pongo spp.) are reported to have extremely slow life histories, including the longest average interbirth intervals of all mammals. Such slow life history can be …

We found an average closed interbirth interval of 7.6 years, as well as consistently very high pre-weaning survival for males and females. Female survival of 94% until age at first birth (at …

Dec 19, 2024 · A slow ape Bates and his colleagues created a 3D digital model of the ‘Lucy’ skeleton — a near-complete 3.2-million-year-old A. afarensis specimen discovered in Ethiopia …

The slow ape: High infant survival and long interbirth intervals in wild orangutans. van Noordwijk MA Department of Anthropology, University of Zürich, Winterthurerstr 190, 8057, Zürich, …

Mar 31, 2025 · The more “ape like” you make the muscle architecture and the shorter you make the Achilles tendon, the higher this cost is. It appears that modern human limb proportions, …

Dec 15, 2012 · Scientists have unmasked a new species of primate—a type of slow loris called Nycticebus kayan. Small, nocturnal animals native to South and Southeast Asia, slow lorises …

Dec 1, 2018 · We found an average closed interbirth interval of 7.6 years, as well as consistently very high pre-weaning survival for males and females. Female survival of 94% until age at first …