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A team of scientists have undertaken detective work to trace the origin of the first orangutan specimen to be scientifically named Pongo pygmaeus. By tracing the history of the specimen as accurately ...

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Deep in the forests of the island of Borneo, the day broke gloriously, revealing two primates, perched on the trees, engrossed in an intense conversation about all things wild and strange on planet ...

Periodicity of Retzius lines of primates is a key factor in dental development, and provides information on classification, evolution and adaptation of hominoids in different times and areas.

The Forestry Ministry released three Bornean orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus) back into their natural habitat in the Gunung Batu Mesangat Protected Forest, East ...

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Indonesia's Forestry Minister Raja Juli Antoni has prepared an 87,000-hectare conservation area in East Kalimantan to ...