| Ancient Apes May
Have Branched Out
The
15-million-year-old partial skeleton of an apelike creature suggests a
new branch in the primate family tree.
References:
Ward, S. . . .
A. Hill, et al. 1999. Equatorius: A new hominoid genus
from the Middle Miocene of Kenya. Science 285(Aug. 27):1382.
Further Readings:
Andrews, P. 1990.
Lining up the ancestors. Nature 345(June 21):664.
Bower, B. 1997.
Ancient apes’ contested family ties. Science News 151(April
19):240.
Sources:
Andrew Hill
Yale University
Department of Anthropology
New Haven, CT 06520
Steve Ward
Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine
Department of Anatomy
P.O. Box 95
Rootstown, OH 44272
From Science
News, Vol. 156, No. 9, August 28, 1999, p. 132. Copyright © 1999,
Science Service. |