Question

In great apes, what process lasts 8-9 months and usually results in the birth of a single offspring?

Answer 1

gestation

Gestation  pregnancy  lasts 8-9 months and usually results in the birth of a single offspring. The young are born helpless, and thus, they need parental care for long periods of time. Compared with most other mammals, great apes have a long adolescence and are not fully mature until 8-13 years of age  longer in humans . Females usually give birth only once every few years.