Ouranopithecus

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Ouranopithecus - a genus of Hominidae

genus Ouranopithecus

mammal genus - a genus of mammals

family Hominidae, Hominidae - modern man and extinct immediate ancestors of man

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(2005): A new method of dental microwear analysis: Application to extant primates and Ouranopithecus macedoniensis (Late Miocene of Greece): Palaios 20, 551-561.

(2007a): Dental microwear analysis of bovids from the Vallesian (late Miocene) of Axios Valley in Greece: reconstruction of the habitat of Ouranopithecus macedoniensis (Primates, Hominoidea).

Dental microwear analysis in Gliridae (Rodentia): methodological issues and paleodiet inferences based on Armantomys from the Madrid Basin (Spain)

She added: 'Until now, the most recent fossil was that of a 9.2 million year old specimen of Ouranopithecus macedonensis from Greece.

Ape's Tooth Found in Bulgaria Causes Rethink of Human Evolution*

Most attributes shared by gorillas and Dryopithecus also show up on specimens of Ouranopithecus, another ancient ape (SN: 6/23/90, p.390), he adds.

Ancient ape suggests human, chimp lineage

The discovery of a 9- to 10-million-year-old fossil skull in Greece recently stirred controversy with their contention that the specimen, assigned to the species Ouranopithecus macedoniensis, may represent the earliest known hominid (SN: 6/23/90, p.390).

But a new study finds a strong cranial connection between Ouranopithecus and both chimpanzees and gorillas.

Fossil skull goes ape

The controversial new specimen belongs to the species Ouranopithecus macedoniensis, previously known only from fragmentary remains.