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13 Million Year Old Fossil - Ape fossil
September 16 , 2020
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- The fossil of a molar tooth unearthed in Ramnagar, Uttarakhand, in 2015, belongs to the earliest ancestor of gibbons.
- The fossil provides an evidence to understanding the migration of the great apes (chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans, bonobos and even humans) from Africa to Asia13 million years ago.
- The fossil is a complete lower molar tooth and belongs to a previously unknown genus and species, which has now been classified as Kapi ramnagarensis.
- It is the first ape species discovered at the location in nearly a century.
- It predates the oldest-known fossil record of gibbons by at least five million years.
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