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New Fossil Ape Discovered in India Fills Major Gaps in the Primate Fossil Record – SciTechDaily
The 13-million-year-old gibbon ancestor fills major gaps in the primate fossil record. A 13-million-year-old fossil unearthed in northern India comes from a newly discovered ape, the earliest known ancestor of the modern-day gibbon. The discovery by Christoph…
Field site in Ramnagar, India. Credit: Christopher Gilbert
The 13-million-year-old gibbon ancestor fills major gaps in the primate fossil record.
A 13-million-year-old fossil unearthed in northern India comes from a newly discovered ape, the earliest known ancestor of the modern-day gibbon. The discovery by Christopher C. Gilbert, Hunter College, fills a major void in the ape fossil record and provides important new evidence about when the ancestors of today’s gibbon migrated to Asia from Afri…
