He also pointed out that to find out more about any of orangutans lives takes many years.
“But of course very interesting as they can berbicaran one another in his way. Or how they opened the food. If such things can not be said of culture, at least it is clear behavior can only be done by living beings who have intelligence of a human level, “explained Meredith.

This discovery also means that the behavior of primate culture existing 14 million years old. That happens when orangutans separated from the primate line first ahead of chimpanzees and humans. The researchers beranalisa that orangutans are now the same behavior with the way they did before.

“One of the great things this tells us is so many different behaviors that are socially mungjin move similar to other animals, and did not qualify in a similar manner,” added the primate expert from Richard Wrangham of Harvard University.

Would be destroyed if …
But the researchers also added that the possibility of one or two decades more orangutans may be extinct or living alone name forever. That would happen if the threat to forests, the habitat where orangutans live, and life could not be overcome by good and earnest. Problem of illegal logging, forest encroachment and large-scale monoculture plantations (palm oil) is applied with a bad layout without considering the ecological-is the main cause of the extinction of orangutans.

Meredith added if only the condition of Indonesia’s forests, especially Sumatra and Kalimantan, far from any threat, the orangutan may be “complete culture” was better. Meredit very concerned, because now the source of food for orangutans is very little. In fact, they now often eat fruit that is very dry because the former forest fires recently.

“Some people ask us, if we had had enough studying and researching orangutans for 30 years? And based on our findings clearly katakana: absolutely not enough, “added vanm Schaik Carel.

“Some areas are included in our study had already been lost due to illegal logging. Although forest and wildlife restoration then you can there, but that lasted only human culture. Once the culture (orangutans) is missing, it means lost forever. So our research seems to be a race against time, “he said.

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