Has a new chimp species been discovered recently?

[Mentat]

I want to warn you from the start that this is third-degree hearsay, so I don't know any details. However, I've heard from a guy who heard from a guy that scientists have discovered a new kind of chimp (to be clear, it is not new, it is just new to us). I think he said that it resembles a baboon more than the usual chimp...I'm not really sure. I was just wondering if anyone has heard anything like this. Sorry to not be able to provide more detail, but I assume that this discovery should be fairly big news; so, if anyone knows anything about this, please tell what you know about it.

 

[Monique]

I don't think it is true, a quick google search didn't turn up anything.. it turned up a different story on new animals though:

Glow-In-The-Dark Pet Fish Coming Soon

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=624&ncid=753&e=10&u=/ap/20031202/ap_on_sc/fluorescent_fish

The nation's first genetically altered household pet — a fish that glows in the dark — is set to begin appearing in stores next month everywhere except perhaps California, the only state with a ban on lab-engineered species.

actually, let's make that a new thread..

 

[zoobyshoe]

Actually, it is true. I started a thread about it in S & D a few weeks ago, but no one cared.

The newly discovered chimps are remarkable, not because they resemble babboons, but because they resemble gorillas: they are much larger than known chimps.

 

[zoobyshoe]

Here's a link to the original story:

Elusive African Apes: Giant Chimps or New Species?
Address:http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/04/0414_030314_strangeape.html

-Zooby

 

[Monique]

Originally posted by zoobyshoe
Actually, it is true. I started a thread about it in S & D a few weeks ago, but no one cared.

The newly discovered chimps are remarkable, not because they resemble babboons, but because they resemble gorillas: they are much larger than known chimps.

S & D?

 

[zoobyshoe]

Originally posted by Monique
S & D?

Skepticism and Debunking. (I was trying to get a discussion started as to whether the discovery of this unknown species of chimp could be used as a tool of hope for those believing in the Yeti and Bigfoot.)

 

[Mentat]

Originally posted by zoobyshoe
Actually, it is true. I started a thread about it in S & D a few weeks ago, but no one cared.

The newly discovered chimps are remarkable, not because they resemble babboons, but because they resemble gorillas: they are much larger than known chimps.

Interesting. Forgive me for not having read your thread on this, but I never go into the S&D forum (I suppose I have at some point, peeked in their, but I've never posted their or really read more than a couple posts).

 

[Mentat]

I couldn't read the whole article, but I read most of it. So, was the skull that that man found previously (and labeled as belonging to Gorilla gorilla ullensis) a skull of one of these giant chimpanzees?

Are these giant chimpanzees going to be considered Pan troglodytes, or are they a different sub-species?