Detecting more 10 million-year-old jaw bone fossils in Kenya

Researchers in Kenya have discovered that a 10-million-year-old jaw bone is believed to belong to a new species of large apes. This ape may be the last ancestor of chimpanzees and humans.

The joint scientific team of Kenya and Japan discovered bone fragments in 2005 along with 11 other teeth at a volcanic reservoir in northern Kenya.

Dr. Fredrick Kyalo Manthi, senior researcher at the National Museum of Kenya, explains that this fossil discovery means that studies can determine when a large ape exists. Contributing to reinforce the controversial doctrine that the evolution of gibbon into humans can happen in Africa.

Before this discovery, there was also a small fossil record that strengthened Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. However, according to some experts, this finding suggests that the ancestors of gibbons and people in Africa may have evolved in this black continent.

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