Scientists who study primates say that we are moving towards a time when species like gorillas will no longer be found in the wild. They say Orangutans would be gone too. And Madagascar would lose its lemurs. Jo Setchell is a primatologist at Durham University in Britain. She studies primates, the group of mammals that includes gorillas, chimps, monkeys, gibbons, mandrills, and lemurs. And, of course, humans. So If we have 60 percent threatened with extinction at the moment, then we will see that number rise and within our lifetimes, within our children's lifetimes, we will eradicate other primates. In all, there are an estimated 600 different species of primates. They include the little creature called the mouse lemur, whose body is only about six centimeters long. Then, there is the largest of the species, the gorilla, weighing up to 250 kilograms. Primates face one common threat: loss of habitat, the places in nature where they live. Primatologists like Setchell say human activity is to blame.
Title: More than Half of the World’s Primates Disappearing
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1740/primates.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='More than Half of the Worlds Primates Disappearing' data-article-id='2258'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='15375'>Scientists who study primates say that we are moving towards a time when species like gorillas will no longer be found in the wild.</span> <span data-start-time='15375' data-end-time='19896'>They say Orangutans would be gone too.</span> <span data-start-time='19896' data-end-time='24875'>And Madagascar would lose its lemurs.</span> <span data-start-time='24875' data-end-time='32333'>Jo Setchell is a primatologist at Durham University in Britain.</span> <span data-start-time='32333' data-end-time='44917'>She studies primates, the group of mammals that includes gorillas, chimps, monkeys, gibbons, mandrills, and lemurs.</span> <span data-start-time='44917' data-end-time='48104'>And, of course, humans.</span> <span data-start-time='48104' data-end-time='60708'>So If we have 60 percent threatened with extinction at the moment, then we will see that number rise and within our lifetimes, within our children's lifetimes, we will eradicate other primates.</span> <span data-start-time='60708' data-end-time='68042'>In all, there are an estimated 600 different species of primates.</span> <span data-start-time='68042' data-end-time='79875'>They include the little creature called the mouse lemur, whose body is only about six centimeters long.</span> <span data-start-time='79875' data-end-time='90208'>Then, there is the largest of the species, the gorilla, weighing up to 250 kilograms.</span> <span data-start-time='90208' data-end-time='99354'>Primates face one common threat: loss of habitat, the places in nature where they live.</span> <span data-start-time='99354' data-end-time='107063'>Primatologists like Setchell say human activity is to blame.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1740/primates.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div 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