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-Man Ape-Man Ape-Man is the name of three fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Monk Keefer first appeared in "The Avengers" #12 (January 1965), and was created by Stan Lee and Don Heck. He first appeared as Ape-Man in "Daredevil" #10-11 (October, December 1965) by Stan Lee, Bob Powell, and Wally Wood. The character subsequently appears in "Daredevil" #39-41 (April–June 1968), "Daredevil Annual" #2 (1971), "Marvel Team-Up" #25 (September 1974), "X-Men" #94-95 (August–October 1975), and "Iron Man" #115-116 (October–November 1978), in which he dies. The character appears posthumously in "Iron Man" #139 (October 1980) and "Classic