Oreopithecus lived seven to nine million years ago during the late Miocene epoch and is classified as belonging to the Hominoidea superfamily, although its specific taxonomic classification within ...

The swamp-dwelling creature, Oreopithecus bambolii, lived between 8.3 and 6.7 million years ago on an isolated island that is now Tuscany and Sardinia, Italy.

Abstract Oreopithecus bambolii (8.3–6.7 million years old) is the latest known hominoid from Europe, dating to approximately the divergence time of the Pan -hominin lineages. Despite being the most ...

Oreopithecus bambolii, an ape that lived on an isolated island 7 million to 9 million years ago in what is now Tuscany and Sardinia, Italy, didn't have the pelvis or spine necessary for regular ...

The skeleton of Oreopithecus bambolii Image courtesy of Wikicommons In the 1950s, a Swiss paleontologist named Johannes Hürzeler made an intriguing discovery. In a coal mine in the Tuscany region ...

Image courtesy of S. Bambi (University of Florence, Florence, Italy). Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing ...

Oreopithecus bambolii (8.3–6.7 million years old) is the latest known hominoid from Europe, dating to approximately the divergence time of the Pan -hominin lineages. Despite being the most complete ...

Oreopithecus bambolii, an ape that lived on an isolated island 7 million to 9 million years ago in what is now Tuscany and Sardinia, Italy, didn't have the pelvis or spine necessary for regular ...

Oreopithecus bambolii skeleton.