Orang-utan <Sumatran orangutan>

Known as: Sumatran Orangutan, Pongo pygmaeus abeli, Pongo pygmaeus abelii 
A species of orangutan, family HOMINIDAE, found in the forests on the island of Sumatra.
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Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
Comparative and demographic analysis of orangutan genomes
‘Orang-utan’ is derived from a Malay term meaning ‘man of the forest’ and aptly describes the southeast Asian great apes native… (More)
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Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) and orangutan (Pongo abelii) forethought: self-control and pre-experience in the face of future tool use
Planning for future needs has traditionally been considered to be restricted to human cognition. Although recent studies on great… (More)
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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Personality and subjective well-being in orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus and Pongo abelii).
Orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus and Pongo abelii) are semisolitary apes and, among the great apes, the most distantly related to… (More)
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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Genetic signature of anthropogenic population collapse in orang-utans.
Great ape populations are undergoing a dramatic decline, which is predicted to result in their extinction in the wild from entire… (More)
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Review
2005
Review
2005
Catarrhine primate divergence dates estimated from complete mitochondrial genomes: concordance with fossil and nuclear DNA evidence.
Accurate divergence date estimates improve scenarios of primate evolutionary history and aid in interpretation of the natural… (More)
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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Comparison of cranial ontogenetic trajectories among great apes and humans.
Molecular data suggest that humans are more closely related to chimpanzees than either is to the gorillas, yet one finds the… (More)
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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Life history of wild Sumatran orangutans (Pongo abelii).
We present life history data on wild Sumatran orangutans gleaned from a 32-year and a 5.5-year study. Estimated age at first… (More)
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Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Great ape DNA sequences reveal a reduced diversity and an expansion in humans
The extent of DNA sequence variation of chimpanzees is several-fold greater than that of humans. It is unclear, however, if… (More)
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Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Production and comprehension of referential pointing by orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus).
We report 3 studies of the referential pointing of 2 orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus). Chantek was raised in an enculturated… (More)
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Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Two independent mutational events in the loss of urate oxidase during hominoid evolution
Urate oxidase was lost in hominoids during primate evolution. The mechanism and biological reason for this loss remain unknown… (More)
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