Sentences with phrase «as gibbons»

Biologist Gabriella Skollar is a remarkable human being who has dedicated her life to the conservation of endangered, small, arboreal apes known as gibbons.

German scientists tended to the view that the skullcap was that of a giant ape such as a gibbon, while English scientists tended to view it as a human, coming from either a primitive or a pathological individual, but there were plenty of other opinions.

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This agent was identified as GALV retrovirus, which was not native to the species, two years later when five more gibbons in the same colony were diagnosed with leukemia.

The team also found that the unregulated trading of research gibbons at the time may have even caused GALV infection found in a monkey kept as a pet in a San Francisco apartment which went on to develop lymphosarcoma.

The researchers found that the virus was almost certainly inadvertently transmitted to the gibbons from rodents by medical researchers working on human diseases such as malaria and dengue fever.

Given the cerebellum's functions, Barton suggests it may have started with the first apes learning to swing from branch to branch, as modern gibbons do.

Without any lower - body bones for N. alesi, it's too early to rule out the possibility that Nyanzapithecus gave rise to modern gibbons and perhaps Oreopithecus as well, says paleontologist David Alba of the Catalan Institute of Paleontology Miquel Crusafont in Barcelona.

But while Greek Olympians had the help of stone or metal hand weights known as halteres, gibbons leap up to 10 meters without assistance.

The latter infect vertebrates ranging from gibbon apes to koala bears to reptiles to domestic cats and are known to cause leukemia, as well as neurological disease.

Codename: Skywalker hoolock gibbon Name: Hoolock tianxing Compromised: January Known territory: Myanmar and southwestern China Physical characteristics: Downturned white eyebrows Notable skills / traits: ELITE STATUS: Tucked away in isolated mountains known as sky islands, these rare gibbons have taken careful tracking to find and identify.

The animal lived 11.6 million years ago and would have had a body mass of about 5 kilograms, roughly the same as a modern gibbon (Science, doi.org/8vp).

As well as lacking the bony elbow ridge that we share with gibbons, P. cataloniae also has a bony ear canal — a feature only seen before in a different, extinct group of primateAs well as lacking the bony elbow ridge that we share with gibbons, P. cataloniae also has a bony ear canal — a feature only seen before in a different, extinct group of primateas lacking the bony elbow ridge that we share with gibbons, P. cataloniae also has a bony ear canal — a feature only seen before in a different, extinct group of primates.

The team found that the ancestors of simian primates — such as gorillas, gibbons and tamarins — were among the first to give up nocturnal activity altogether.

The ancestors of simian primates — such as gorillas, gibbons and tamarins — were among the first to give up nocturnal activity altogether.

The gibbons, known as small apes are genetically farther from humans than the great apes chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas and orang - utans.

Thanks to the DNA element, the gibbon is also known as the one with the long, strong arms who elegantly moves through the forests of Southeast Asia.

STARRING Emma Stone as OLIVE Penn Badgley as WOODCHUCK Amanda Bynes as MARIANNE Dan Byrd as BRANDON Thomas Haden Church as MR. GRIFFITH Patricia Clarkson as ROSEMARY Cam Gigandet as MICAH Lisa Kudrow as MRS. GRIFFITH Malcolm McDowell as PRINCIPAL GIBBONS Aly Michalka as RHIANNON Stanley Tucci as DILL

His expertise spans the animal kingdom from dogs and cats to wild species such as leopards, gibbons, wolves, and giraffes.

We spent four amazing days with the awesome gang over at Sumatra Paradise where we hiked through the jungle as we came across wild Orangutans, Thomas leaf monkeys, and gibbons.

A canopy walk offers breathtaking views as well as sightings of gibbons and hornbills.

It is important to report anyone offering a photo opportunity with a gibbon as these have been taken from the wild and thus reducing their diminishing numbers even more.

Species such as the endangered white - shouldered ibis, yellow - cheeked crested gibbon and clouded leopard (pictured above) could lose precious habitat.