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Rare skull of fossil ape discovered in SW China (3)

(Xinhua)    11:09, September 06, 2013
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Researcher Ji Xueping speaks at a press conference on archaeology in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Sept. 5, 2013. A six-million-year-old fossilized cranium of a juvenile ape has been unearthed in Yunnan's Zhaotong, a rare find paleontologists hope may help unravel the mystery of human origins. The remains is only the second recovered cranium belonging to a juvenile ape inhabiting Eurasia in the Miocene that dates back to 23 to 5 million years ago, Ji Xueping, a researcher who led the study, told the news conference on Sept. 5, 2013. (Xinhua/Lin Yiguang)


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