Archive for September 8th, 2013

Rare Fossil Ape Cranium Discovered in China

A team of researchers has discovered the cranium of a fossil ape from Shuitangba, a Miocene site in Yunnan Province, China. The juvenile cranium of the fossil ape Lufengpithecus is significant, according to team member Nina Jablonski, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at Penn State. Jablonski noted that juvenile crania of apes and hominins are extremely […]