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 Hairy Ape revival in 25 years at the Southwark Playhouse in London Bridge. Director Philip Boehm of Upstream Theater staged an acclaimed production of "The Hairy Ape" in St. Louis, Missouri later on that year. It is staged in London's Old Vic in October and November 2015. 2017 The Park Avenue Armory staged a production of "The Hairy Ape" starring Bobby Cannavale, directed by Richard Jones, and designed by Stewart Laing. Cannavale received a 2017 Obie Award for his performance presented by the American Theatre Wing. "The Hairy Ape"'s reception: the audience, and especially critics, were perplexed. Critics deemed the play as