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The Final Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes Trailer Includes a Major Spoiler
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes is just over a week away and if you are still on the fence about it, a major revelation in a new trailer might change that. Fox just released the film’s final trailer and while it’s mostly just a highlight reel of the major beats in the film—as…
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Scientists Reconstruct 12-Million-Year-Old Ape Skull
A team of paleoanthropologists has assembled the only known cranium of the extinct ape Pierolapithecus catalaunicus, revealing how the ape’s face looked. The reconstruction allows them to place Pierolapithecus on the hominid family tree and improves our understanding of how the ape moved around Spain some 12 million years ago. Pierolapithecus was first described in…
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‘No Mere Monkey Business:’ Bored Ape Maker Accuses Conceptual Artist of Trademark Infringement
You know the Bored Ape Yacht Club, the popular NFT collection that has enticed the likes of Justin Bieber, Paris Hilton, Jimmy Fallon? Well, the company behind the collection, Yuga Labs, is suing an artist they believe is trying to devalue the Bored Ape Yacht Club. The first rule of Bored Ape Yacht Club: Do…
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Orangutans Got Suspiciously Close to Inventing Stone Tools in New Zoo Experiments
Captive orangutans can use stone tools without minimal direction from humans, researchers reported today. Besides an affirmation of orangutan intelligence, the finding has implications for understanding how and when stone tool use evolved in ancient human ancestors.