[DentsRun]

I wonder what qualities were possessed by bi-pedal hunting apes on the African savannas that allowed them to surivive a super-nova's radiation.

[blam]

"I wonder what qualities were possessed by bi-pedal hunting apes on the African savannas that allowed them to surivive a super-nova's radiation."

Body hair?

[XLurk]

...I wonder what qualities were possessed by bi-pedal hunting apes on the African savannas that allowed them to surivive a super-nova's radiation...

SPF-2200 sunscreen fortified with Iron-60 maybe?
Probably made from bannana mush and mud.

[RightWhale]

qualities were possessed by bi-pedal hunting apes on the African savannas

They lived at the forest edge, staying in the shade most of the time. They would go out into the tall grass only if they saw dinner hopping by.