Killer ape theory

Killer ape theory - theory that war and interpersonal aggression was the driving force behind human evolution. Article “Killer ape theory” in English Wikipedia has 23.2 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 10 references and 7 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 1.22 points.

This article has the best quality in Malay Wikipedia. However, this article is the most popular in English version.

Since the creation of article “Killer ape theory”, its content was written by 73 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 104 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 151 times in English Wikipedia and cited 234 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #40827 in November 2022
• Global: #182553 in November 2022

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #57526 in October 2015
• Global: #106165 in July 2015

There are 9 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	Malay (ms) Teori mawas pembunuh		29.2268
2	Turkish (tr) Katil maymun teorisi		25.7786
3	English (en) Killer ape theory		23.1586
4	Korean (ko) 킬러 유인원 가설		22.8457
5	Swedish (sv) Mördarapateorin		21.3837
6	Portuguese (pt) Teoria do macaco assassino		17.4302
7	Indonesian (id) Teori kera pembunuh		9.3728
8	Japanese (ja) キラーエイプ仮説		6.5017
9	Persian (fa) نظریه کپی قاتل		4.9277

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Killer ape theory" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Killer ape theory		758 538
2	Japanese (ja) キラーエイプ仮説		65 475
3	Turkish (tr) Katil maymun teorisi		10 319
4	Portuguese (pt) Teoria do macaco assassino		3 835
5	Persian (fa) نظریه کپی قاتل		2 461
6	Indonesian (id) Teori kera pembunuh		592
7	Malay (ms) Teori mawas pembunuh		372
8	Korean (ko) 킬러 유인원 가설		267
9	Swedish (sv) Mördarapateorin		211

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Killer ape theory" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Killer ape theory		3 174
2	Japanese (ja) キラーエイプ仮説		333
3	Turkish (tr) Katil maymun teorisi		61
4	Portuguese (pt) Teoria do macaco assassino		55
5	Indonesian (id) Teori kera pembunuh		41
6	Korean (ko) 킬러 유인원 가설		19
7	Persian (fa) نظریه کپی قاتل		13
8	Malay (ms) Teori mawas pembunuh		7
9	Swedish (sv) Mördarapateorin		6

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Killer ape theory" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Killer ape theory		73
2	Japanese (ja) キラーエイプ仮説		10
3	Turkish (tr) Katil maymun teorisi		7
4	Persian (fa) نظریه کپی قاتل		4
5	Portuguese (pt) Teoria do macaco assassino		4
6	Malay (ms) Teori mawas pembunuh		2
7	Swedish (sv) Mördarapateorin		2
8	Indonesian (id) Teori kera pembunuh		1
9	Korean (ko) 킬러 유인원 가설		1

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Killer ape theory" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Killer ape theory		0
2	Persian (fa) نظریه کپی قاتل		0
3	Indonesian (id) Teori kera pembunuh		0
4	Japanese (ja) キラーエイプ仮説		0
5	Korean (ko) 킬러 유인원 가설		0
6	Malay (ms) Teori mawas pembunuh		0
7	Portuguese (pt) Teoria do macaco assassino		0
8	Swedish (sv) Mördarapateorin		0
9	Turkish (tr) Katil maymun teorisi		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Killer ape theory" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Killer ape theory		151
2	Persian (fa) نظریه کپی قاتل		72
3	Japanese (ja) キラーエイプ仮説		4
4	Korean (ko) 킬러 유인원 가설		2
5	Malay (ms) Teori mawas pembunuh		2
6	Indonesian (id) Teori kera pembunuh		1
7	Portuguese (pt) Teoria do macaco assassino		1
8	Turkish (tr) Katil maymun teorisi		1
9	Swedish (sv) Mördarapateorin		0

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#	Language	Value
en	English Killer ape theory
fa	Persian نظریه کپی قاتل
id	Indonesian Teori kera pembunuh
ja	Japanese キラーエイプ仮説
ko	Korean 킬러 유인원 가설
ms	Malay Teori mawas pembunuh
pt	Portuguese Teoria do macaco assassino
sv	Swedish Mördarapateorin
tr	Turkish Katil maymun teorisi

Best Rank

English: #57526 10.2015

Global: #106165 07.2015

Best Rank

English: #40827 11.2022

Global: #182553 11.2022

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