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Pan troglodytes. Chimpanzees are great apes (not monkeys) who are native to the continent of Africa. If you ever wonder if you are looking at an ape or a monkey, look for a tail. Monkeys have tails, apes: chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, orangutans, gibbons, and humans âdo not.
How the Apes Evolved The other African anthropoid lineage is the hominoids, which includes the apes and the hominids (humans andtheir direct ancestors). The living apes consist of the gib-bon (genus Hylobates), orangutan (Pongo), gorilla (Gorilla),and chimpanzee (Pan) (figure 23.5).