No mystery here...everybody knows Orangs have the best doctors....
Yes. Our ancestors somehow avoided the plague, as did the orangutans. Chimps and baboons weren't so lucky. But I don't see anything here that contradicts the theory of common descent. Our hominid ancestors had already split off from the old stock by the time this event took place, so it wouldn't show up in our DNA. I don't know if this is a thread for the ping list.
No mystery here...everybody knows Orangs have the best doctors....