Jawbone fragments and teeth from a previously unknown species hint that the evolution of modern apes occurred in what's now ...

Fossil jaw remains found in Egypt suggest that the earliest modern apes evolved in North Africa, not in East Africa where ...

A fossil found in northern Egypt from a new species, Masripithecus moghraensis, is changing long held ideas about ape and human origins.

A jaw bone discovered in Egypt is changing the way scientists think about the origins of the ape family tree. The specimen, ...

An 18-million-year-old jawbone discovered in Egypt challenges the long-held view that East Africa was the cradle of our ...

A fossil from Egypt hints we’ve been searching for humanity’s ape ancestors in the wrong place. Researchers say a newly ...

In a study published in Science, an international research team from the Mansoura University Vertebrate Paleontology Center ...

Learn how an Early Miocene ape fossil from Egypt is changing theories about ape evolution and the origins of modern apes.

A fossil ape discovered in northern Egypt is reshaping the story of human evolution. The species, Masripithecus, lived about 17 to 18 million years ago and may sit very close to the ancestor of all ...

The fossil find suggests that the closest ancestors to modern apes may have emerged in northern Africa rather than what was ...

Scientists have discovered an ancient relative of all living apes in northern Egypt, highlighting how the hunt for human ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Brooklyn College Professor Stephen Chester (center) points out dental features on an enlarged model of an extinct mammal to ...