Scientists have discovered a previously unknown species of anthropoid apes. Video

The discovery of a new hominid in the XXI century – a rare event

For the first time in more than 100 years, scientists have discovered a new species of great apes – orangutan topolskogo, who was third described a view of science orangutan after sumatrensis and kalimantans.

Now the family of Hominids, otherwise called great apes, seven species known to science. Eighth – man.

For the first time topolskogo noticed orangutan in Sumatra in 1997, but only after twenty years of study, researchers were able to categorize these apes as a separate species, which differs significantly from the relatives: both behavior and anatomy, particularly the skull.

The discovery of a new hominid in the twenty-first century is a rare event, but after a couple of decades tapolsky orangutans can be attributed to extinct, because today they number no more than 800 individuals.

New family of man live in a few small, almost not connected with the other colonies, and in the valley of the Batang Toru, where is the main area of the new view, the planned large-scale hydropower program.

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