Extinct Ape Gets a Facelift, 12 Million Years Later Oct. 16, 2023 — A new study has reconstructed the well-preserved but damaged skull of a great ape species that lived about 12 million years ago.

“They also offer the prospect of refining the controversial evolutionary relationships within the impressive diversity of extinct ape species.” A. Urciuoli et al., “The evolution of the vestibular ...