Comments on: New Fossil Great Ape Discovery

By: Alligator

Alligator — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 03:52:52 +0000

I wonder if National Geographic or someone will do a visual reconstruction soon?

By: Loren Coleman

Loren Coleman — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 23:35:21 +0000

Postcaninal dentition is different than canines, as the name implies.

By: semillama

semillama — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 19:11:11 +0000

In response to Shumway’s question about the evidence for open arid environments: - the sentence in question is not linking the canine size with the environment, it is simply noting that the species is associated with open environments and that it has large canines. No correlation between the two facts.

By: Bob Michaels

Bob Michaels — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 18:48:25 +0000

Ouranopithecus aqnd Dryopithecus may have given rise to the Great African Apes. Thanks for this important update Loren.

By: Loren Coleman

Loren Coleman — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 18:19:00 +0000

As noted, the image is not the new find. Per the caption: “The new fossil great ape discovery appears to be a species of Ouranopithecus, and thus related to the above species, Ouranopithecus macedoniensis.”

One only has to go to the pdf, linked given above, to see the elements of what was found.

By: bill green

bill green — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 17:35:21 +0000

hey loren & everyone this is definetly a very informative new article about a new fossil great ape discovery. good afternoon bill green ct sasquatch researcher.

By: bccryptid

bccryptid — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 17:18:19 +0000

Loren, where is the image from? Is that a partial reconstruction or is that what they found???

By: bccryptid

bccryptid — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 16:12:25 +0000

Any indications yet of bipedalism? They appear to have an intact skull! Looks very exciting. Now to find one in BC, say 100 years old

By: Daryl Colyer

Daryl Colyer — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 15:02:42 +0000

Loren,

Thanks again for bringing this type of news to us. I, for one, very much appreciate it.

Here we go again: once again finding out that we may have to rethink some things. I love it when dogma is forced to become mush; when conventional school of thought is turned upside down.

How exciting this find is. Further evidence that whole world is out there for us, with a whole host of anthropological treasures, and living treasures for us to find. There are still so many puzzle pieces not yet uncovered.

With wonderful new discoveries such as this, I am still amazed how anyone can be dismissive about what potentially still waits to be discovered just behind the curtain.

Thanks again, Loren, for this most outstanding news.

By: shumway10973

shumway10973 — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 14:21:48 +0000

Wonderful! I enjoy hearing about such things, especially when they are found outside of Africa and such places where the great apes are found (for sure) today. By the way, what do they mean here:
“The new species, in which the male postcanine dentition is larger than that of any other Miocene ape besides Gigantopithecus, is associated with evidence indicating an open, dry environment.”

Are they saying just by looking at the canine(s) they know this to be male and that the land was arid? For all we know, the dental placement of these creatures put those canines in either just the female or both sexes had them. As for the size indicating environmental conditions, how do we know that isn’t just the way they were, regardless of whether the environment was arid or wet? I think this is an example of “experts” presuming way too much.