Quick facts on why the iconic gorillas are on the critically endangered list, their importance to the ecosystem and campaigns to save them. What’s black, silver and fuzzy all over? You guessed it – a male silverback gorilla! As most people know primates are very intellectual mammals. Many people believe that the human race evolved from the primate species. If you haven’t taken an archaeology or evolutionary biology class you may be asking why do people believe this? Gorilla DNA has a 98% match up to our DNA. There is no other species on the planet that has DNA so similar…
