Research pushes back the prehistoric timeline for apes in Africa by more than 10 million years
Evidence of an early savannah grass growing millions of years earlier than previously known may fundamentally change the understanding of life in the prehistoric world. A pair of studies funded by the National Science Foundation and published in the journal Science document the earliest evidence for locally abundant open-habitat grasses in eastern Africa and how those environments likely influenced early ape evolution.
Southern Methodist University United States Baylor University Lauram Maclatchy Bonnie Jacobs Dan Peppe
Source: smu.edu