Photo: New Fossil Ape May Shake Human Family Tree



Fossil teeth that are about ten million years old likely represent a newfound species of great ape, dubbed Chororapithecus abyssinicus.

The discovery not only fills a long-standing gap in the fossil record, researchers say, it also could overturn a working theory of human evolution.

Photograph © Gen Suwa


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