IN view of attention recently directed to the taxonomic position of Oreopithecus among primates, as a result of new discoveries by Hürzeler1 and Butler and Mills2, a re-analysis of possible affinities ...

LAWRENCE -- During upheaval in Libya in 2013, a window of opportunity opened for scientists from the University of Kansas to perform research at the Zallah Oasis, a promising site for unearthing ...

In November 2015, University of Kansa led team found a new species of anthropoid primate of Apidium genes at the Zallah Oasis in Libya. The description about this new found species was published in ...

Researchers analyzed fossil teeth to identify Apidium zuetina as a species new to science.

A previously unknown anthropoid primate -- a forerunner of today's monkeys, apes and humans -- has been found in Libya. Researchers have dubbed their new find Apidium zuetina. During upheaval in Libya ...