#Masripithecus: A new #Miocene ape from #Egypt sheds light on the origins of modern apes
https://phys.org/news/2026-03-masripithecus-miocene-ape-egypt-modern.html paper: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adz4102

"Masripithecus provides a crucial intermediate link between the previously disjunct African and Eurasian fossil records, revealing that #apes were already diversifying in the area and therefore positioned to expand into Europe and Asia as soon as land connections were established."