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How the Largest Primate Ever Went Extinct
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThe largest primate in our family tree went extinct hundreds of thousands of years ago, and its existence has been known to humankind for less than a...
Inner ear of extinct ape species is overlooked aspect of human bipedal evolution, study finds
Salon via Yahoo News· 4 months agoIVPP The inner ear may not seem like a particularly bony place, but human ears in fact have three...
Extinct ape's inner ear holds clues to how humans learned to walk upright
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 4 months agoAn artist’s reconstruction of the locomotor behavior and paleoenvironment of Lufengpithecus. This...
12-million-year-old ape skull bares its fangs in virtual reconstruction
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 8 months agoFrom left, the Pierolapithecus cranium shortly after discovery, after initial preparation, and after...
These extinct, nearly 10-foot-tall apes could not adapt to shifting seasons
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 5 months agoAn artist’s impression of a group of G. blacki within a forest in southern China. They are believed...
Giganto, world's largest ape, went down poor evolutionary path toward extinction
Live Science via Yahoo News· 5 months agoArtist impression of the giant ape, G. blacki. Scientists may have finally solved the mystery of why...
Scientists debunk myth that human brains are 'underdeveloped' at birth
Live Science via Yahoo News· 6 months agoBaby girl playing with toy blocks on the floor at home with her dad seated on a couch in the...
Rarest Animals in the World: 10 Critically Endangered Species
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThe African forest elephant population has not seen nearly as much population recovery as its...
Report: Huge primates died out because they couldn't adapt to changing climate
United Press International via Yahoo News· 5 months agoGigantic primates that lived in China until hundreds of thousands of years ago died off due to their...
Mystery of why world's largest ape went extinct finally solved, scientists say
CBS News via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThe largest primate ever to walk the Earth went extinct because it could not adapt to its changing...