All articles tagged with #prehistoric primates
Ardipithecus ramidus, a 4.4-million-year-old hominin species discovered in Ethiopia, exhibits a mix of ape-like and human-like traits, including a foramen magnum indicating bipedalism and adaptations for arboreal life, challenging previous assumptions about human evolution and the last common ancestor with apes.
An international team of researchers has determined that Gigantopithecus blacki, the largest known primate, went extinct between 295,000 and 215,000 years ago due to environmental changes that reduced its forest habitat and food sources, highlighting the species' vulnerability as a specialized plant-eater and offering insights into primate resilience and extinction causes.