A gigantic ape, measuring about 10 feet tall and weighing up to 1,200 pounds, co-existed alongside humans, a geochronologist ... "The size of these specimens -- the crown of the molar, for ...

Hunting for bushmeat impacts over 500 wild species in Africa, but is particularly harmful to great apes ... into urban human populations across the continent,” says Rose.

A new fossil ape from an 8.7-million-year-old site in Türkiye is challenging long-accepted ideas of human origins and adding ... with bone preserved to about the crown of the cranium.

Begun and his colleagues say the fossil could represent the oldest known human ancestor. They further suggest that the fossil means our ancestors diverged from apes in Southern Europe — not Africa.

Experts are a step closer to answering whether an ancient skull from Africa belonged to a possible human ancestor or to a creature closer to apes. Fresh fossil finds ... two new jaw fragments and the ...

An ape fossil found in Turkey may controversially suggest that the ancestors of African apes and humans first evolved in Europe before migrating to Africa, a research team says in a new study.

He outlines a Planet of the Apes style future in his new book 'Through a glass brightly: Using science to see our species as it really is'. But insists the new species could help humans to stop ...

Researchers have found a new way in which great apes are similar to humans: they tease each other. A new study by an international team of scientists has documented “playful teasing” in ...

Hamilton, ON– A gigantic ape, measuring about 10 feet tall and weighing up to 1,200 pounds, co-existed alongside humans ... size of these specimens – the crown of the molar, for instance ...

HAMILTON, Ontario, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- A McMaster University scientist has determined a gigantic 1,200-pound, 10-foot-tall ape that became extinct 100,000 years ago once co-existed with humans.