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Anthropology

Permanut

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6. Our family tree gets more interesting with each discovery..

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Mon Aug 25, 2025, 01:07 AM

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It had been thought by some anthropologists that we might be descended from ramapithecus, of which bone fragments have been found in northern India, about 30 degrees north latitude. They would have existed some twelve million years ago.

Not in the tropics, so maybe ramapithicus is still a viable candidate for our ancestors.

Thanks for another cool piece of the homo sapuens puzzle, Judi Lynn.

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