An orangutan roams an enclosure in Ragunan zoo in Jakarta on January 27, 2011. Orangutans are far more genetically diverse than thought, a finding that could help their survival, say scientists delivering their full DNA analysis of the critically endangered ape. The study, published January 27 in the science journal Nature, also reveals that the orangutan -- 'the man of the forest' -- has hardly evolved over the past 15 million years, in sharp contrast to Homo sapiens and his closest cousin, the chimpanzee.
An orangutan holds her baby as she roams an enclosure in Ragunan zoo in Jakarta on January 27, 2011. .
An orangutan yawns from an enclosure in Ragunan zoo in Jakarta on January 27, 2011.
An orangutan sits in its an enclosure in Ragunan zoo in Jakarta on January 27, 2011.
Two orangutans roam an enclosure in Ragunan zoo in Jakarta on January 27, 2011.
An orangutan sits in its an enclosure in Ragunan zoo in Jakarta on January 27, 2011. source: daylife
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