The image in question is genuine and features a gibbon, a primate known as a "lesser ape." Humans are also considered primates but belong to a subset of species known as the "greater apes.

The researchers can see similarities between crested gibbon and human dances, but presume that they evolved independently of each other. This conclusion is based, among other things, on the fact ...

Gibbons are among the smallest apes ... because their habitat is threatened by human activities such as deforestation, mining and road construction.

A new study published in the Journal of Human Evolution suggests it belongs to an early hylobatid, the family of primates that includes 20 species of living gibbons found throughout Southeast Asia.

Kai Caspar, a zoologist at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf in Germany, and colleagues analyzed the stylized movements of certain gibbons. They found that the key characteristics of human ...

Male and female lar gibbons sing duets with notes that are synchronised and occur at regular intervals. These are rhythmic qualities similar to those found in human songs, which could hint at an ...