Sentences with phrase «modern gibbons»

Without any lower - body bones for N. alesi, it's too early to rule out the possibility that Nyanzapithecus gave rise to modern gibbons and perhaps Oreopithecus as well, says paleontologist David Alba of the Catalan Institute of Paleontology Miquel Crusafont in Barcelona.

Given the cerebellum's functions, Barton suggests it may have started with the first apes learning to swing from branch to branch, as modern gibbons do.

The animal lived 11.6 million years ago and would have had a body mass of about 5 kilograms, roughly the same as a modern gibbon (Science, doi.org/8vp).

Not exact matches

To work out just how different, Denion's team examined 100 modern human skulls and 120 ape skulls — 30 each belonging to gibbons, orangutans, gorillas and chimpanzees.