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A new primate species at the root of the tree of extant hominoids


October 29, 2015

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Researchers at the Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont have described the new genus and species Pliobates cataloniae based on a skeleton recovered from the landfill of Can Mata (Catalonia, NE Spain). The fossil remains belong to an adult female individual that weighed 4-5 kg and moved through the forest canopy by climbing and suspending below branches. Pliobates has important implications for reconstructing the last common ancestor of hominids.Full Story

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Catalan Institute of Paleontology

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