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Ape
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Ape
(1) Ape. A primate of the family Pongidae
Members
• Small apes—gibbons and siamangs
• Great apes—orangutans, gorillas, and chimpanzees
The ape brain is structurally similar to the human brain and is capable of advanced reasoning

(2) APE. A multifunctional enzyme involved in DNA repair and in facilitating the redox state of some DNA-binding proteins de novo
APE
anterior pituitary extract.
ape
general name for the group of animals which includes the anthropoid apes of the family Pongidae (gibbons, orang-utans, gorillas and chimpanzees) and some other species including the night ape (Aotus trivirgatus) and the black Celebes ape (Cynopithecus niger).
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Schwartz and Grehan pooled humans, orangutans, and the fossil apes into a new group called "dental hominoids," named for their similarly thick-enameled teeth.
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Dental microwear analysis of extinct Flat-headed Peccary (Platygonus ... by Schmidt, Christopher W. / Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science
From that ancestor many other ancestral hominoid species would follow, each coming and going in the last ten pages.
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