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Oreopithecus

Oreopithecus
Tydperk: Mioseen 7–6 m. jaar gelede
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Oreopithecus bambolii

Oreopithecus is 'n genus van Hominoidea uit die Laat Mioseen van Italië en Sardinië. Daar is verskeie fossiele gevind van ongeveer 6 tot 7 miljoen oud. In daardie tydperk was Italië nes Sardinië vandag deur 'n see van die Europese vasteland geskei. Oreopithecus wys talle aanpassings aan hierdie eilandomgewing wat die vergelyking met ander aapagtiges bemoeilik.

Sy tande het nes Dryopithecus s'n 'n dun tandglasuur, maar ander kenmerke is uniek.

Daar is vermoed dat Oreopithecus tweevoetig was, maar 'n nuwe ontleding van die bekkengebied van die skelet het gewys dat dit nie moontlik is nie.[1]

Die taksonomiese posisie is taamlik onduidelik. Daar is geleerdes wat dit in die Hominide-familie plaas, naby die orang-oetang, maar ander paleontologie plaas dit is sy eie familie die Oreopithecidae as sustergroep van die Hominide.[2]

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