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What might our pre-human ape ancestors have looked like? This 12-million-year-old reconstructed face may provide clues

Skull and bones of European ape were found together and could be one of the earliest relatives of human race ....

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Extinct ape gets a facelift, 12 million years

<p>A new study led by scientists at the American Museum of Natural History, Brooklyn College, and the Catalan Institute of Paleontology Miquel Crusafont has reconstructed the well-preserved but damaged skull of a great ape species that lived about 12 million years ago. The species, <em>Pierolapithecus catalaunicus,</em> may be crucial to understanding great ape and human evolution.</p>
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