Comments on: New Unknown Fossil Great Ape

By: Curiodav

Curiodav — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 06:23:39 +0000

I’m sure the scientists are experienced with testing fragile fossil teeth.
But “when will we ever learn” what? Scientists don’t try to put every ancient fossil primate into our ancestry. For example Sivapithecus, ancestor of orangutans, is not in our ancestry. Neither is the enigmatic Miocene ape Oropithecus. Then there are the dozens of other fossil apes which are not considered ancestral to us, not to mention the numerous monkey, tarsier and lemur fossils, few of which are considered to be in our line.

By: shumway10973

shumway10973 — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 15:33:37 +0000

How can they do any tests on those teeth? They look like they are going to fall apart if anyone sneezes. And why can’t thee scientists just say, “We found teeth” and leave it to that. Why must they try to insert every ancient primate into our ancestry? Teeth again, will we ever learn?

By: bill green

bill green — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 04:30:42 +0000

hey loren very infomative new article about a new unknown fossil great ape. thanks bill green

By: kokodhem

kokodhem — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 18:07:13 +0000

According to New Scientist, this has a pretty huge impact on our evolutionary history: http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=mg19526182.500&feedId=online-news_rss20

(Only a partial bit of the article for non-subscribers, but still packs a punch… as much as a 4 million year shift in our line of divergence!)