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Ancient skull found in Saudi Arabia is “ancestor of monkeys and great apes”, claims report

18 Jul 2010, 7:08 PM

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The skull of a creature the size of a baboon and living in a warm forest 28-29 million years ago in western Saudi Arabia, is being described as one of the most significant fossil finds in decades “because it illuminates a critical moment in evolution when ancient primates split into two separate lineages,” reports the Guardian’s Ian Sample.

Few such fossils have been found of this period of life on earth. It has been named Saadanius hijazensis.

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