Why Are There No Great Apes In Europe?

Why Are There No Great Apes In Europe?

Other than humans, the great apes include the chimpanzee, bonobo, gorilla, and orangutan. They are tailless primates that range in size from the smallest bonobo at 30 kilograms, 66 pounds, to the largest Eastern gorilla at 180 kilograms, 400 pounds. Through evolution, they lost the use of their tails as they spent more time on the ground and less time in the trees. Whilst having a tail in the treetops is beneficial for grabbing onto branches, it is less important on the ground.
Today’s great apes predominantly live in Africa except for orangutans which inhabit parts of Asia. Our closest living relatives are the chimpanzees and bonobos with which we share 98.7% of our DNA. Whilst humans live throughout Europe, the other great apes do not. But why is this?

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[abbush]

Wrong, there in the British Parliament .

[DaenaMichelle]

Elephant/Mamut fossils were also found in Spain, along with crocodiles, so it's all about climate and food, it could happen

[timmyg]

Um.. Humans...the greatest of all the great apes

[gloomybear.]

pretty sure there's 741, 692, 443 great apes in europe, yeah theyre all humans but humans are great apes too

[Uncleed]

Humans live in Europe we are great Apes so how is there none in Europe

[arkprice]

I have a great idea for a video
Could orangutans survive in Amazon rainforest

[indyreno]

Barbary macaques were only introduced to the Iberian peninsula, so they're not naturally found there.

[indyreno]

Can you do a video on why are there no xenarthrans in the Old World?

[Historical.Facts.]

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[Mekongdeltapets]

Can you do video about « could asian elephants survive in Africa? »

[SabesanSiddharth]

Not only Apes, but early Hominids faced a tough time in Europe and west Asia courtesy the Amphicyonidae, Hemicyoninae, Machairodontinae, Nimravidae & Percrocutidae .

[MonwabisiHlomza-mjxj]

To my opinion would be a variety of food ...secondly temperature and another would be the habitat itself

[jabbarmuhammad]

I think some species of great apes could probably survive in Europe

[michaelpriestley]

Are Gibbons and Siamangs not considered great apes?

[benmcreynolds]

When I'm hiking in the Woods in Oregon my mind sometimes ponders about what it would be like if a kind of monkey lived here? There's definitely plenty of dense tree's and food for them. I wonder why there haven't been monkeys here?

[gorilladisco]

Is that why they are importing it in droves?

[VshapeDino]

They have already started immigrating and can be found in large numbers in any European capital.

[dunringill]

Concepts of K-selection species & r-selection species, in a nutshell.

[ericfaut]

If could coyotes survive in africa is on your list, remaking could prehistoric animals survive nowadays so you can add in smilodon, american lion, mammoth, thylacoleo, t-rex, dire wolf, short-faced bear, megatherium, and spinosaurus in alongside titanoboa, deinotherium, homotherium, megalodon, triceratops, and mastodon and titling it Part 1 is also on your list, right? (Reply To My Comment ASAP Please)

[MrPAULONEAL]

There aren't any in the Americas either.