Date: June 27, 2018
Source: Cardiff University
Summary:
The
evolution of the orangutan has been more heavily influenced by humans than was
previously thought, new research reveals.
Professor
Mike Bruford, of Cardiff University, was part of the team of scientists
shedding light on the development of the critically endangered species. Their
findings offer new possibilities for orangutan conservation.
One
of humans' closet living relatives, the orangutan has become a symbol of
nature's vulnerability in the face of human actions and an icon of rainforest
conservation.
But
in the research paper published in the journal Science Advances, the team
argues this view overlooks how humans, over thousands of years, have shaped the
orangutan known today.
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