Ape years ago (Mya) the clades diverged into newer clades. The lesser apes are the gibbon family, Hylobatidae, of sixteen species; all are native to Asia. Their major differentiating characteristic is their long arms, which they use to brachiate through trees. Their wrists are ball and socket joints as an evolutionary adaptation to their arboreal lifestyle. Generally smaller than the African apes, the largest gibbon, the siamang, weighs up to ; in comparison, the smallest "great ape", the bonobo, is . Formerly, all the great apes except humans were classified as the family Pongidae, which conveniently provided for separating the human
APE Foundation environmentally friendly manner. APE runs workshops for locals by experts in sustainable farming methods such as agroforestry or permaculture. APE currently works with the government Forest Protection Unit in Krabi, FORRU Plant Station Krabi and FORRU's forest restoration program in Chiang Mai. APE Foundation APE Foundation The Association for Protection of the Environment (APE) is a non-governmental organization working on issues regarding the conservation, and restoration of the environment, education about permaculture and agroforestry among other things. The group says its mission is "to protect the existing forest and wildlife, particularly in Khao Nor Chuchi Lowland Forest and to increase