Sentences with phrase «origins of living apes»

The fossil revealed that the group was close to the origins of living apes and humans.

Despite the age and unprecedented completeness of the new ape skull, no reported tooth or skull features clearly place N. alesi close to the origins of living apes and humans, says paleoanthropologist David Begun of the University of Toronto.

Not exact matches

A 13 - million - year - old skull found in Kenya provides the best evidence yet for the African origins of the ancient species that gave rise to all living apes

Price then spent two paragraphs making the case that all «forms of life have a similar origin» and that humans and apes «have developed from a common progenitor.»