Archeology
Add two new species of 'gibbon and monkey' to the evolutionary tree
Scientists have unearthed fossil samples of gibbons and ancient world monkeys (Old World Monkeys) in the riverbed in Tanzania.
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Ancient people were able to climb as well as gibbons
A study published on October 25 in the journal
Archeology
The miserable diet of human ancestors
The new study suggests that human ancestors 2 million years ago had an extremely miserable diet, primarily chewing bark and leaves to survive the day. The results of Aus…
Archeology
The mysterious Gene made the ancient people talk
Now, researchers believe that they have explained the missing link in the evolutionary chain: a double gene named SRGAP2, which appears in the gibbon population about 2.…
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Seeing a gibbon skull fossil dating from 20 million years
French and Ugandan scientists discovered a gibbon skull fossil that climbed trees dating back about 20 million years ago in the Karamoja region in northeastern Uganda.
Archeology
Prove human ancestors of Asian origin
Research by international scientists found that the common ancestors of humans and gibbons were from Asia, not Africa.
Archeology
New hypothesis toward migration of ancient people
Fossils found in Libya show that the ancients migrated from Asia to Africa, not the other way around.
Archeology
People start going straight sooner than we think
Scientists have discovered the fossil skeleton of A.Afarensis of the Southern gibbon genus dating back 3.6 million years ago ...
Archeology
New discovery of human evolution
Scientific evidence published on April 9 has added a missing link in the evolution from the ancient people to the modern people.
Archeology
New fossils show primates that have ancestors in Asia
A newly discovered fossil primate in Myanmar revealed that the common ancestor of humans, apes and gibbons may have evolved from Asian primates, not African ones, as man…
Archeology
Detects animals they are 12 million years old with many modern facial features
Scientists in Spain discovered the jaw bone and fossil face bone of a gibbon breed that lived in the Middle Miocene, about 12 million years ago.
Archeology
Detecting common ancestor fossils of humans and modern primates
Scientists have recently discovered ancestral fossils of humans with a lifespan of 47 million years. Unearthed at Messel Pit, Germany, this fossil named Darwinius masill…
Archeology
China discovered skull fossils almost completely
The Chinese central media has just announced the most magnificent archaeological discovery since the discovery of the Beijing gibbon. It is an almost complete skull foss…
Archeology
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 chimp…
History
November 24, 1974 - Lucy the Southern gibbon was discovered in Ethiopia
A discovered fossil has completely changed the views about how