Ankarapithecus meteai

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Ankarapithecus meteai
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Hominidae
Subfamily: Ponginae
Genus: Ankarapithecus
Species: A. meteai
Binomial name
Ankarapithecus meteai

Ankarapithecus meteai was a 60-pound fruit-eating ape, remains of which were found close to Ankara in central Turkey, first in 1950s, and later in 1990s.[1] It is the only known member of its genus, which has similar properties to Sivapithecus.

[edit] References

  1. ^ New York Times, Anthropologists Find Rare Kind of Ape Fossil