Picture Gallery: New Great Ape Ancestor

Great Ape Ancestor: Drawing of Ancient Ape From Spain
Great Ape Ancestor: Picture of Ancient Ape's Face (Reconstruction)
Great Ape Ancestor: Picture of Ancient Ape, Mother and Baby
Great Ape Ancestor: Picture of Ancient Apes
Great Ape Ancestor: Picture of Ancient Ape and Fossil Skull
Great Ape Ancestor Fossil: Bones, Fragments From Ape Skeleton
Great Ape Ancestor Fossil: Face, Skull Bones of Ancient Ape
Great Ape Ancestor: Fossil Ribs and Vertebrae of Ancient Ape
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Great Ape Ancestor: Drawing of Ancient Ape From Spain
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These are fossils of the face and jaw of Pierolapithecus catalaunicus. According to scientists, some features of its skull are similar to those of modern great apes.

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