Ancestor of all apes might not be what scientists expected, new fossil shows
Thursday, October 29, 2015 - 15:20
in Paleontology & Archaeology
One man's trash heap is a scientist's treasure trove. A fragmented skeleton dug out from a Spanish landfill may force scientists to redraw their theories on the ancestor of humans and all other apes. Pliobates cataloniae, described in the journal Science, reveals that the common ancestor of humans,...