Yet we five great apes do differ significantly in diet, temperament, behavior, and other aspects. In this family tree, have a look at what sets us and the four other hominids apart from one ...

Our immediate evolutionary family is comprised of the hominoids, the group of primates that includes the "lesser apes" (siamangs and gibbons) as well as the "great apes" (chimpanzees, bonobos ...

It also lived in trees, but may have been able to come ... enough evidence to officially add a new member to the Great Ape family.

The 11.6-million-year-old bones still don’t tell us how members of the genus Homo became bipeds Tree-dwelling apes ... “upright walking preceded the great ape/human split and likely started ...

When discussing the primate family tree, it is crucial to address the common confusion arising from the everyday use of terms ...