Ancient ape fossil in Egypt challenges the story of human origins
The discovery of a 17-18 million-year-old ape fossil in Egypt, named Masripithecus moghraensis, challenges existing theories about early ape evolution. This finding suggests that North Africa played a more significant role in the development of early apes than previously believed.
An international team of researchers has identified a previously unknown fossil ape that lived about 17 to 18 million years ago during the Early Miocene. The species, named Masripithecus moghraensis , was described in a study published in Science by scientists from the Mansoura University Vertebrate Paleontology Center (Egypt) and the University of Southern California (USA).
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