Theory of errorlution: Famous diagram showing ascent of man idea is ‘so wrong’ it sends leading geneticist ape Dr Adam Rutherford said a diagram of human evolution is ‘mis-informative’ The famous image starts with an ape and evolves through stages into a man Rutherford told the Cheltenham Science Festival the diagram depicted a far more … Read more
Parents slam outdoor adventure firm Go Ape for cancelling their bookings after it reopened TOO EARLY Go Ape reopened on March 29 with other outdoor sports facilities such as golf The treetop climb organisation closed again on Wednesday after taking advice Furious parents criticised the decision as children will be back to school soon By … Read more
Parents slam outdoor adventure firm Go Ape for cancelling their bookings after it reopened TOO EARLY Go Ape reopened on March 29 with other outdoor sports facilities such as golf The treetop climb organisation closed again on Wednesday after taking advice Furious parents criticised the decision as children will be back to school soon By … Read more
Go ape! Ingenious monkeys use power line as a zip wire to whizz between buildings in India Two brave monkeys used an electricity line as a zip wire in Udaipur, India Line allowed them to easily travel between buildings in footage from March 9 Showed off their impressive balancing skills and one even slid down … Read more
Go ape! Ingenious monkeys use power line as a zip wire to whizz between buildings in India Two brave monkeys used an electricity line as a zip wire in Udaipur, India Line allowed them to easily travel between buildings in footage from March 9 Showed off their impressive balancing skills and one even slid down … Read more
Artificial rope bridges could help save the world’s rarest primate — the Hainan gibbon, Nomascus hainanus — by helping them cross gaps in their forest habitat. Experts who suspended ropes some 30 feet above ground across a damaged patch of forest 52 feet wide have filmed the gibbons using the bridge for the first time. The … Read more
A newly discovered fossilised ape tooth found in India is the earliest known ancestor of the modern-day gibbon and it lived 13 million years ago, study finds. The fossil belongs to a new species of ape named Kapi ramnagarensis and was discovered by fossil hunters at the Ramnager dig site in northern India. Experts from … Read more