Comprehensive reference genomes have now been assembled for six ape species: siamang (a Southeast Asian gibbon), Sumatran orangutan, Bornean orangutan, gorilla, bonobo, and chimpanzee. Areas of their ...

Scientists have fully sequenced the genomes of six living ape species, enabling long-awaited comparisons of hard-to-assemble genomic regions. Yoo and colleagues’ work elevates the quality of ape ...

Yes, humans evolved from apes. But that's not the most accurate way to describe our place on the tree of life, and it certainly doesn't explain why apes still exist. The question stems from a common ...