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New fossil ape discovered in India

A 13-million-year-old fossil unearthed in northern India comes from a newly discovered ape, the earliest known ancestor of the modern-day gibbon. The discovery was made by Leakey Foundation grantee Christopher C. Gilbert, Hunter College. It fills a major void in the ape fossil record and provides important new evidence about when the ancestors of today’s gibbon migrated to Asia from Africa.

Five Fun Facts About Gibbons

In honor of International Gibbon Day, here are five fun facts about our gibbon cousins and one fact that's no fun at all.

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