As our closest animal relatives, the biology of apes like chimpanzees, bonobos, and orangutans can shed light on our own human condition. Our closely related evolutionary history helps explain why ...

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Sept. 18 (UPI) --An ancient ape pelvis recovered in Hungary suggests bipedalism has deeper evolutionary roots than previously thought. The 10-million-year-old fossilized pelvis bone belongs to ...

The inner ear morphology of fossil apes sheds light on hominid evolution, according to a study. Untangling the relationships between extinct and extant apes remains a challenge due to a fragmentary ...

Scientists have now discovered a pelvis supposed to be that of a pre-human ancestor, called Rudapithecus. Found near a historic mining community called Rudabanya in Hungary, the pelvis is remarkable ...