13 million-year-old primate fossil skull sheds new light on human origins

13 million-year-old primate described as being like a non-acrobatic gibbon could shed light on the great mystery of how apes became human, scientists say.

13 million-year-old primate fossil skull sheds new light on human origins

13 million-year-old primate described as being like a non-acrobatic gibbon could shed light on the great mystery of how apes became human, scientists say.

The infant creature, whose remarkably preserved fossil skull was found in northern Kenya, is not related to living apes and humans but may have looked similar to our long-extinct ancestor.

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