Kenyapithecus
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kenyapithecus-236-11404863
title:
Kenyapithecus
text:
Kenyapithecus wickeri is a fossil ape discovered by Louis Leakey in 1961 at a site called Fort Ternan in Kenya. The upper jaw and teeth were dated to 14 million years ago. One theory states that Kenyapithecus may be the common ancestor of all the great apes. More recent investigations suggest Kenyapithecus is more primitive than that and is only slightly more modern than Proconsul, which is considered to be an ape. Evidence suggests that Kenyapithecus wickeri was one of the species that started
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Extinct genus of primates
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenyapithecus
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date modified:
2024-04-22T09:37:16Z
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13
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15