They were a downsized version of Homo erectus, the eastern cousin of the Neanderthals of Europe, who disappeared 33,000 years ago.

Their eastern cousins, sometimes called foresters, are steely in color, with coarser, curlier fur.

Western gorillas are easily distinguishable from their eastern cousins, since they are...

These tax increases are irritating to western Germans, who sense that their remarkable prosperity is now threatened by the need to help their impoverished eastern cousins.

Many western Germans - "Wessis" - resent having to pay to bring their eastern cousins into the late 20th century.

Most West Germans now expect that they will face increased taxes and decreased benefits to pay for the privilege of competing for jobs with their poor eastern cousins.

It has something of the look of the Aberdeen Angus but is a little rougher and without the tapering poll of its eastern cousin.

After western Germans drag their eastern cousins to near equality, Germany will begin to reach its full potential.

In the speech, Mr. Schauble argued that western Germans should move their capital eastward as a gesture of solidarity with their eastern cousins.

Compared to its eastern cousin, the western gorilla is slightly shorter, weighs less, has a more slender form, and has lighter colored fur.