Species Classification: ‭ ‬Proconsulidae.

Proconsul

In Depth        Proconsul is a primate that seems to be stuck in transition between monkeys and apes.‭ ‬So far no tail has ever been found and the hands are more dexterous than monkeys,‭ ‬together suggesting a primitive ape lineage.‭ ‬The metacarpals however are curved and the postures of reconstructed individuals are more like those of … Read more

Afropithecus

In Depth        Afropithecus is one of the better known primates of Miocene era Africa and the current fossils for this primate suggest that it was similar to the even more numerous Proconsul.‭ ‬However despite a body similarity to Proconsul,‭ ‬Afropithecus is thought to have had a head more like Aegyptopithecus‭ (‬which may actually be Propliopithecus‭) … Read more

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