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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thesubfamily Homininae — the commonancestor of thegreat apes andhumans .
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A report published today in the journal Science describes the new species, Pierolapithecus catalaunicas, which lived between 12.5 million and 13 million years ago.
Archive 2004-11-01 M-mv 2004
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A report published today in the journal Science describes the new species, Pierolapithecus catalaunicas, which lived between 12.5 million and 13 million years ago.
Friday final edition M-mv 2004
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Pierolapithecus had special adaptations for tree climbing, just as humans and other great apes do: a wide, flat
Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] HappyBirthdayDarwin 2010
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Pierolapithecus had special adaptations for tree climbing, just as humans and other great apes do: a wide, flat
Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] HappyBirthdayDarwin 2010
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Pierolapithecus catalaunicus (familiarly known as Pau) was published in
Primates in the News 2009
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Hominidae, which the previous find of Pierolapithecus had left unanswered.
Primates in the News 2009
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