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Top 5 Great Primates

Primates have advanced brains, color vision, and flexible hands; humans evolved from Homo Erectus

Primates

Savanna baboons dominate in Africa, while Hamadryas baboons inhabit regions around the Red Sea.

Baboons in Africa

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Bonobos are closely related to humans and chimpanzees, but much about them is still unknown.

Bonobos

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Orangutans are highly intelligent "gardeners" of the forest, with 3 species including newly discovered Tapanuli orangutans.

Orangutans

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Gorillas are large, herbivorous primates found in central Sub-Saharan Africa, divided into eastern and critically endangered western species.

The Gorilla

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Possums are marsupials that evolved from an ancestor 20-30 million years ago in Oceania.

Sumatra

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