In the 1950s, a Swiss paleontologist named Johannes Hürzeler made an intriguing discovery. In a coal mine in the Tuscany region of Italy, he unearthed dozens of fossils, including a largely complete ...

AUSTIN, Texas — For decades, the movement of an ancient ape species called Oreopithecus bambolii has been a matter of debate for scientists. Did it walk like a human across its swampy Mediterranean ...

IN view of attention recently directed to the taxonomic position of Oreopithecus among primates, as a result of new discoveries by Hürzeler1 and Butler and Mills2, a re-analysis of possible affinities ...

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Extinct ancient ape did not walk like a human, study shows Date: July 25, 2013 Source: University of Texas at Austin Summary: A new study has found that a 9- to 7-million-year-old ape from Italy did ...