Ape Fossil Dating 18 Million Years Back Could Change What Scientists Know About Human Origins
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A fossilized jaw discovered in Egypt could change what scientists know about the earliest ancestors shared by humans and other living apes. The 17- to 18-million-year-old remains belong to a previously unknown species called Masripithecus moghraensis, which lived in northern Egypt during the Early …
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