hominoid

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Researchers report that a newly uncovered fossil ape from northern Egypt is changing how scientists view early hominoid evolution.

From Science Daily • Mar. 27, 2026

Their results indicate that Masripithecus is a stem hominoid closely related to the lineage that eventually gave rise to all modern apes.

From Science Daily • Mar. 27, 2026

It is considered the closest known hominoid relative to the lineage that eventually led to all living apes, including humans.

From Science Daily • Mar. 27, 2026

On one occasion, they write, investigators peering through night vision goggles watched an expanding tunnel of light disgorge a large hominoid creature that then walked away and disappeared.

From New York Times • Jan. 21, 2021

Evidence from the fossil record and from a comparison of human and chimpanzee DNA suggests that humans and chimpanzees diverged from a common hominoid ancestor approximately 6 million years ago.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015