Hominid dispersals in Europe refers to the colonisation of the European continent by various species of hominid, including hominins and archaic and modern humans. Short and repetitive …

Aug 30, 2023 · An ape fossil found in Turkey may controversially suggest that the ancestors of African apes and humans first evolved in Europe before migrating to Africa, a research team …

Pierolapithecus catalaunicus is an extinct species of primate which lived around 12.5-13 million years ago during the Miocene in what is now Hostalets de Pierola, Catalonia, Spain. Some …

Jun 6, 2012 · By about 17 million years ago, apes appear in Europe’s fossil record. In a recent issue of Evolutionary Anthropology, David Begun and Mariam Nargolwall, both of the …

May 22, 2017 · This bold conclusion comes from a study of Greek and Bulgarian fossils, suggesting that the most mysterious of all ancient European apes was actually a human …

May 23, 2017 · Now, two new controversial studies published in the journal PLOS One are stoking the fire, suggesting that the last common ancestor of great apes and humans actually lived in …

Aug 24, 2023 · More recently a European origin has been proposed, based on the analysis of Late Miocene apes from Europe and Central Anatolia. Anadoluvius turkae attests to a lengthy …

May 22, 2014 · Researchers in Spain argue that a variety of great apes went extinct in Europe about 7 million years ago because the qualities that allowed them to spread throughout the …

Jun 7, 2024 · Two great apes — one small, one large — coexisted in what’s now Germany 11.6 million years ago, a new study says. This fossilized kneecap (left) and two partial molars …

Oct 17, 2023 · Scientists have reconstructed the skull of an extinct ape species that lived in Spain about 12 million years ago. The species, Pierolapithecus catalaunicus, may be crucial to …