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
The Ape of God / The Ape of God a music video for "The Lash" from "The Ape of God" (PFL145). Old Man Gloom released a promotional/alternate version of "The Ape of God" as a single album for music critics to review, also with the expectation that this version would inevitably be leaked online ahead of the official release date. A few music journalists published an official review of this version before the band revealed that this was not the real version of "The Ape of God". The fake version of "The Ape of God" albums was very positively received by music critics. Writing for the English publication "Clash",