What's in a name? Tracing the origins of orangutan scientific names
Tuesday, August 2, 2016 - 08:31
in Paleontology & Archaeology
A team of scientists have undertaken detective work to trace the origin of the first orangutan specimen to be scientifically named Pongo pygmaeus. By tracing the history of the specimen as accurately as they can, the team have established Banjarmasin, in the Indonesian part of Borneo, as the most likely place of origin. Their findings are published in the Journal of Natural History.