However, now experts say a skull of an ape found in Turkey in 2015 could challenge that long-held notion. Tom Cruise Awarded World Record for Burning Parachute Stunt Anthony Bourdain's 5 ...

An extremely rare juvenile skull of an extinct ape has now been revealed from China, findings that suggest a very diverse group of apes once lived in Southeast Asia, researchers say. Apes ...

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In 1985, when it came under threat from a nearby quarry looking ... The most unexpected discovery, however, was the skull of a Barbary ape dated to 390 – 20 B.C. through carbon testing.

It has long been believed that our ancestors originated exclusively in Africa - but the skull of an 8.7-million-year-old ape found in Turkey suggests they first appeared in Europe. The skull is a ...

An ape skull found in Turkey may challenge the belief that human and ape ancestors came from Africa. The discovery suggests that hominins may have first evolved in Europe. Not all scientists are ...

The Pierolapithecus cranium (left), after the fossil’s preparation (center), and its virtual reconstruction (right). Graphic: © David Alba (left), Salvador Moyà ...

a grouping that includes the earliest known fossil ape 1. The authors classified their specimen as belonging to a new species that they named Nyanzapithecus alesi. The infant's skull permits the ...

A team of scientists from Spain and the United States reconstructed the skull of an extinct great ape species from a set of well-preserved, but damaged skeletal remains. The bones belonged to ...