Inner ear of extinct ape species is overlooked aspect of human bipedal evolution, study finds Described by scientists as a "bony labyrinth," the inner ear provides many clues as to the origin of ...

Pierolapithecus catalaunicus, a species from northeastern Spain first described in 2004, was one of a diverse group of now-extinct ape species that lived in Europe around 15 to 7 million years ago ...

Homo sapiens are the last surviving members of the genus Homo, every other species within our genus having gone extinct no ...

The largest ever primate Gigantopithecus blacki went extinct when other Asian great apes were thriving, and its demise has long been a mystery. A massive regional study of 22 caves in southern ...

A team of scientists from Spain and the United States reconstructed the skull of an extinct great ape species from a set of well-preserved, but damaged skeletal remains. The bones belonged to ...

WASHINGTON — An ancient species of great ape was likely driven to extinction hundreds of thousands of years ago when climate change put their favorite fruits out of reach during dry seasons ...

In a study published on January 10 in Nature, researchers offer a new explanation for what caused the extinction of Gigantopithecus blacki, or “Giganto,” as some scientists refer to the species.

With that in mind, here are a few extinct species we hope scientists never revive. ... For next steps, do a Google search of gigantopithecus blacki (a 10-foot tall ape) ...

The species Gigantopithecus blacki, which once lived in southern China, represents the largest great ape known to scientists — standing 10 feet tall and weighing up to 650 pounds. But its size ...

What we lose when animals go extinct. ... One way to think of a species, be it of ape or of ant, is as an answer to a puzzle: how to live on planet Earth.