Roxie Ricardo posted an update in the group Discovery 5 years, 5 months ago
The Smallest Ape, Weighing About 6 Pounds, To Have Ever Lived May Have Been Discovered By Scientists In The Tugen Hills Of Kenya. The Ape, Named Simiolus Minutus, Is Said To have Existed About 12.5 Million Years Ago In Kenya Before Going Extinct. The Discovery Was Made Via The Fossilized 3 Tiny Teeth.
Ancient Ape Was Just the Size of a House Cat | Smart News | Smithsonian Magazinehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ancient-ape-was-just-size-house-cat-180970751/#:~:text=Weighing%20in%20at%20less%20than,ago%20during%20the%20Miocene%20epoch.12.5 million-year-old teeth found in Kenya belonged to a species that ate leaves, but was likely outcompeted by an explosion of monkeys