The fossilized remains of a newly discovered species of ancient ape suggest that it might have been able to walk on two feet, millions of years before the first humans appeared. Image: Christoph Jäckle
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An ape skull found in a Chinese tomb might belong to a previously unknown gibbon — one that was driven to extinction within the past two millennia, researchers report on 21 June in Science. Image: Samuel Turvey/ZSL
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Did great apes start small? Our best guess for the size of the last common ancestor of hominoids – humans, great apes and gibbons – just got a lot daintier, thanks to a fossil primate unearthed at a landfill site in Spain. Image: Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont (ICP)
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Long before humans appeared on Earth, the plate tectonics of the East African Rift may have been shaping our ancestors’ evolution. The rift, which passes through Tanzania, is famous for being the site of early hominin fossil discoveries. It has now yielded the earliest ape and Old World monkey. Image: Mauricio Antón
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