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Human and ape ancestors arose in Europe? In fact, an African origin is more likely...
LiveScience: Human and ape ancestors arose in Europe, not in Africa, controversial study claims.
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Oct 12, 20231 min read
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Oct 12, 20230 min read
Study revises ages of famous hominin sites
CUNY Graduate Center News: Study revised ages of famous hominin sites.
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Oct 12, 20231 min read
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Top 5 Human Evolution Discoveries of 2017 (PLOS)
A new species of ancient ape, Nyanzapithecus alesi In a publication in Nature on August 10, 2017, Dr. Isaiah Nengo, Turkana Basin...
Chris Gilbert
Dec 8, 20172 min read
Here's What the Last Common Ancestor of Apes and Humans Looked Like (Live Science)
The most complete extinct-ape skull ever found reveals what the last common ancestor of all living apes and humans might have looked...
Chris Gilbert
Aug 11, 20171 min read
Is This Baby Animal the Last Common Ancestor of Humans and Apes? (Smithsonian)
About 13 million years ago, when present-day Kenya was covered in forests, a baby ape died. Its tiny corpse was covered in ash from a...
Chris Gilbert
Aug 11, 20171 min read
Ancient skull belonged to a cousin of the ape common ancestor (New Scientist)
A newly discovered fossil ape skull is providing clues about the common ancestor of all living apes, including our own species. The...
Chris Gilbert
Aug 10, 20171 min read
Bone Collector (The Telegraph India)
Fossil hunters scouring the foothills of the western Himalayas have stumbled upon parts of a jawbone of a primate, belonging to a...
Chris Gilbert
Dec 20, 20161 min read
A Piece of the Earliest Baboon Ever Found (New York Times)
A two-million-year-old skull fragment comes from the earliest baboon ever found, a new study reports. The fossil was found in Malapa, a...
Chris Gilbert
Aug 25, 20151 min read
Skull of Earliest Baboon Discovered (Live Science)
A 2-million-year-old skull unearthed in South Africa belongs to the earliest baboon ever found, a new study finds. Researchers discovered...
Chris Gilbert
Aug 22, 20151 min read
Baboon Species Fossil Identified in South Africa (Nature World News)
A partial skull of a fossil monkey specimen found in South Africa represents the earliest baboon ever found. The skull, which belongs to...
Chris Gilbert
Aug 21, 20152 min read
Archaeologists discover earliest known baboon relative (International Business Times)
A group of archaeologists have unearthed what they believe to be the fossilised remains of the earliest baboon ever discovered. A team...
Chris Gilbert
Aug 20, 20151 min read
Fossil gives new insight on cheek-pouch monkeys (Nature Middle East)
A fossilized tooth discovered in the United Arab Emirates suggests that cheek-pouch monkeys appeared up to 3.5 million years before...
Chris Gilbert
Jul 3, 20141 min read
Ancient tooth offers clues to how and when monkeys left Africa (Yale News)
The monkey roadmap out of Africa has a new timetable and route, thanks to a tiny tooth plucked from the Arabian desert. Yale...
Chris Gilbert
Jul 1, 20141 min read
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