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Propliopithecus Skull

The skull of a Propliopithecus, an extinct genus of ape from the Oligocene era (the third epoch of the Tertiary Period, from about 37 to 24 million years ago). This primitive anthropoid was a creature that resembled today's gibbons.

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Propliopithecus Skull

Caption:

The skull of a Propliopithecus, an extinct genus of ape from the Oligocene era (the third epoch of the Tertiary Period, from about 37 to 24 million years ago). This primitive anthropoid was a creature that resembled today's gibbons.

Credit:

Album / Science Source / E. R. DEGGINGER

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Image size:

4187 x 2781 px | 33.3 MB

Print size:

35.4 x 23.5 cm | 14.0 x 9.3 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

ANATOMY: BONES • ANATOMY: SKULL • ANCESTOR • ANTHROPOID • ANTHROPOLOGICAL • ANTHROPOLOGY • APE • BONE • CRANEO • CRANEOS • CRANIUM • CRANIUMS • EVOLUTION • EXTINCT • FOSSIL • HUMAN • HUMANE • INDIVIDUAL • OLIGOCENE • PALEOANTHROPOLOGY • PERSON • PRE-HISTORY • PREHISTORIC • PREHISTORY • PRIMATE • PRIMATES • PRIMITIVE • PROPLIOPITHECUS • SCIENCE: EVOLUTION • SIMIAN • SKELETON • SKULL • SKULL, ANATOMY • SKULLS • SPECIMEN