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Pongidae

Known as: great ape, great apes, apes, Ape 
An obsolete name for a family of Primates consisting of three genera: Pongo (PONGO PYGMAEUS), Pan (PAN TROGLODYTES and PAN PANISCUS), and Gorilla… 
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7 relations

Broader (2)

AnthropoideaHominidae

Narrower (3)

Gorilla <Western Gorilla>Gorilla <genus>Pongo
HominoideaHylobatidae

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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
The evolution of thought : evolutionary origins of great ape intelligence
List of contributors Preface 1. Evolutionary reconstructions of great ape intelligence Anne E. Russon 2. Enhanced cognitive… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
The Human Genome and Our View of Ourselves
The completion of the human genome sequence, like other great human achievements such as the first lunar landing or splitting the… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
The Hunting Apes: Meat Eating and the Origins of Human Behavior
Preface and Acknowledgments ix Chapter 1 The Indelible Stamp 3 Chapter 2 Man the Hunter and Other Stories 15 Chapter 3 Ape Nature… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Genetic Structure of the Ancestral Population of Modern Humans
Abstract. Neutral DNA polymorphisms from an 8-kb segment of the dystrophin gene, previously ascertained in a worldwide sample (n… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Gene trees and hominoid phylogeny.
Here we present a DNA sequence study that incorporates intraspecific variation from all five genera of hominoids (apes and humans… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Miocene fossil hominids and the chimp-human clade.
Miocene hominoids from Europe are among the earliest members of the great ape and human clade (the Hominidae). One of these forms… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Characterization of an alpha 1----3-galactosyltransferase homologue on human chromosome 12 that is organized as a processed pseudogene.
UDP-Gal:Gal beta 1----4GlcNAc alpha 1----3-galactosyltransferase is a terminal glycosyltransferase that is widely expressed in a… 
Review
1991
Review
1991
The clearance of immune complexes from the circulation of man and other primates.
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Size and diet in the evolution of African ape craniodental form.
  • B. Shea
  • Folia primatologica; international journal of…
  • 1983
  • Corpus ID: 46820908
Interspecific differences in craniodental morphology among Pan paniscus, Pan troglodytes, and Gorilla gorilla are analyzed. These… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Extensive polymorphism in the mitochondrial DNA of apes.
Ape species are 2-10 times more variable than the human species with respect to the nucleotide sequence of mtDNA, even though ape… 
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