Mathew ThomasSep 4, 2023
Here is a #differentview.
#Humanancestors and #apeancestors may have evolved in #Europe not #Africa
#8millionyearoldapeskull #hominins #Cankiri #Turkey
#AnadoluviusTurkae
Hominins spent over 5 million years evolving there and spreading to the eastern Mediterranean before eventually dispersing into Africa, probably as a consequence of changing environments and diminishing forests
Early hominins are not seen in Africa until around 7 million years ago.
https://www.businessinsider.in/science/news/an-8-7-million-year-old-ape-skull-suggests-that-human-and-ape-ancestors-may-have-evolved-in-europe-not-africa/articleshow/103332097.cms
An 8.7 million-year-old ape skull suggests that human and ape ancestors may have evolved in Europe, not Africa

The partial skull of the ape, which is called an Anadoluvius turkae, was found in Cankiri, northern Turkey.

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Massimo LucianiAug 31, 2023

#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/

A primate that lived 8.7 million years ago in today’s Turkey might be an ancestor of hominins

An article published in the journal 'Communications Biology' reports the assignment of fossils discovered in Anatolia in 2015 to a new species and a new genus...