#paleontology #paleoanthropology #hominins #fossils #Miocene #Anadoluvius #AnadoluviusTurkae

An article published in the journal "Communications Biology" reports the assignment of fossils discovered in Anatolia in 2015 to a new species of primitive hominins named Anadoluvius turkae. A team of researchers examined these fossils that form a partial skull discovered at the Çorakyerler site dating back to about 8.7 million years ago, in the Miocene period.

https://english.netmassimo.com/2023/08/31/a-primate-that-lived-8-7-million-years-ago-in-todays-turkey-might-be-an-ancestor-of-hominins/