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	Great-Grand Ape
		Artist's reconstruction of Pierolapithecus catalaunicus, an ancient ape that may have been the last common ancestor of modern great apes.
		Panel D shows sections of the skulls of Pierolapithecus catalaunicus (green) and three other ancient hominoids.
		Pierolapithecus has a primitive, sloping profile, although other features of its skull are similar to those of modern great apes.
	www.eurekalert.org /static.php?view=ape (97 words)

	Inikah Nenek Moyang Para Kera Besar di Bumi? - Sabtu, 20 November 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Para ahli kemudian sepakat menggolongkan fosil ini dalam keluarga baru dengan nama spesies Pierolapithecus catalaunicus.
		KERA besar-berdasarkan genetik maupun bukti-bukti lain-selama ini dipercaya mulai berpisah jalur perkembangannya dari kelompok primata lain yang disebut kera lebih rendah (the lesser apes), 11-16 juta tahun lalu.
		Pierolapithecus catalaunicus yang sudah berbadan tegak, memang masih memiliki jari-jari seperti monyet.
	www.kompas.com /kompas-cetak/0411/20/humaniora/1388333.htm (773 words)

	New fossil may be closest yet to ancestor of all great apes
		For example, Pierolapithecus’ ribcage, or thorax, is similar to that of modern great apes because it is wider and flatter than a monkey ribcage, the researchers report.
		In both Pierolapithecus and modern great apes, the lumbar section of the lower spine is relatively short and stiff.
		The first sign of Pierolapithecus’ existence was a canine tooth turned up by a bulldozer that was clearing the land for digging.
	www.innovations-report.de /html/berichte/biowissenschaften_chemie/bericht-36492.html (830 words)

	Pau the ape ancestor and Spain in the Miocene
		The ape has been named Pierolapithecus catalaunicus, or Pau for short, Catalan for Paul, but also for 'peace', chosen by his discoverers in allusion to Iraq.
		The researchers claim that Pierolapithecus catalaunicus is the first fossil of its time which clearly shows all the basic features of modern apes (including humans).
		Pierolapithecus catalaunicus would have been also found in North Africa across the land bridge.
	www.iberianature.com /material/ape.html (824 words)

	Biology resources
		The Pierolapithecus catalaunicus is thought to have existed after great apes including species such as the orang-utan, chimpanzees, gorillas and eventually humans, split from 'lesser apes' (gibbons, siamangs) between 11 and 16 million years ago.
		In what researchers believe to be the "missing link" in the evolutionary path, Pierolapithecus catalaunicus embodied the great ape before this species then diversified.
		"Pierolapithecus probably is, or is very close to, the last common ancestor of great apes and humans," said Salvador Moya-Sola of the Miguel Crusafont Institute of Paleontology in Barcelona, who published the findings in Science magazine.
	www.scenta.co.uk /scenta/library/biology.cfm?cit_id=1638&FAArea1=widgets.content_view_1 (181 words)

	Telegraph \| News \| Scientists introduce our 13m-year-old ancestor
		An exceptionally complete skeleton of the 13-million-year-old creature from Spain called Pierolapithecus catalaunicus suggests that it is likely that this tree-dwelling creature, or something very similar, was close to the most ancient great ape ancestor.
		The name Pierolapithecus refers to the village of Els Hostalets de Pierola, near the fossil site, and catalaunicus is for Catalonia, the region where the site is located.
		In both Pierolapithecus and modern great apes, the lumbar section of the lower spine is relatively short and stiff, differing from monkey vertebrae.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/11/19/wlink19.xml (568 words)

	Chit Chat 2,000+: Missing Link?
		The most important physical trait that Pierolapithecus shared with modern great apes was its ribcage, or thorax, which was wider and flatter than a monkey ribcage, the researchers said.
		Also, Pierolapithecus' shoulder blades lie along its back like modern great apes and humans, and the lumbar section of the lower spine is short and stiff.
		Pierolapithecus did have some more primitive, monkey-like features, like a sloped face and short fingers and toes, said the AAAS press release.
	www.suite101.com /discussion.cfm/investing/106909/1030272 (356 words)

	Your great-great-grand ape? New fossil may be ancestor to all great apes, even humans
		("Pierolapithecus" refers to the village of Els Hostalets de Pierola, near the fossil site, and "catalaunicus" is for Catalonia, the region of Spain where the site is located.) They describe their discovery in the 19 November issue of the journal Science.
		Pierolapithecus had a wide, flat ribcage, a stiff lower spine, flexible wrists, and shoulder blades that lay along its back.
		The shape of Pierolapithecus' skull suggests that its face was also very great-ape-like, especially the area around the eyes, according to Moyà-Solà.
	www.eurekalert.org /features/kids/2004-11/aaft-yga020805.php (412 words)

	Ape Fossils - Crystalinks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Great apes are thought - on the basis of genetic and other evidence - to have separated from another primate group known as the lesser apes some time between 11 and 16 million years ago (The lesser apes include gibbons and siamang).
		Scientists think the creature lived after the lesser apes went their own evolutionary way, but before the great apes began their own diversification into different forms such as orang-utans, gorillas, chimps and, of course, humans.
		Professor David Pilbeam, director of the Peadbody Museum in Cambridge, US, was even more sceptical about the relationship of Pierolapithecus to modern great apes: "To me it's a very long stretch to link this to any of the living apes," he told the BBC News website.
	www.crystalinks.com /fossilsape.html (628 words)

	Ape discovery fills gap in evolutionary jigsaw \| Life \| Guardian Unlimited
		The fossil, called Pierolapithecus catalaunicus, was found by Dr Salvador Moyà-Solà of the Miguel Crusafort Institute of Palaeontology and colleagues in a village near Barcelona.
		Like other great apes, Pierolapithecus had a stiff lower spine, thus affecting its centre of gravity and making it easier to assume an upright posture and to climb trees, the researchers said.
		Pierolapithecus is an important tool in helping biologists track exactly how primates adapted to their environment, most crucially in working out the order in which evolution took its course.
	www.guardian.co.uk /life/science/story/0,12996,1354780,00.html?=rss (705 words)

	New fossil may be closest yet to ancestor of all great apes
		Like other great apes, Pierolapithecus had a stiff lower spine and other special adaptations for climbing.
		Pierolapithecus’ skull was also distinctly great ape-like, the authors say.
		Pierolapithecus also had some more primitive, monkey-like features, such as a sloped face and short fingers and toes.
	innovations-report.de /html/berichte/.../bericht-36492.html (830 words)

	Comment on "Pierolapithecus catalaunicus, a New Middle Miocene Great Ape from Spain" -- Begun and Ward 308 (5719): 203c ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		We conclude that Pierolapithecus is near the base of the hominine clade.
		Pierolapithecus as a hominine (These are characters at the hominine node that includes Pierolapithecus, although most of them are not actually known to us for Pierolapithecus.
		Crown hominids (with Pierolapithecus as a hominine) (These are characters at the hominid node that includes Pierolapithecus as a hominine, although most of them are not actually known to us for Pierolapithecus.
	www.sciencemag.org /cgi/content/full/308/5719/203c (985 words)

	Boston.com / News / Science / Ancient animal could be human-ape ancestor
		This newest ape species, Pierolapithecus catalaunicus, is so significant that it adds a new page to ancient human history.
		Coaxed by a reporter to say Pierolapithecus catalaunicus represented a "missing link," Meike Kohler, another of the paper's co-authors, demurred.
		Still, scientists who puzzle through the mysteries of early human history were electrified by the Pierolapithecus catalaunicus discovery.
	www.boston.com /news/science/articles/2004/11/18/ancient_animal_could_be_human_ape_ancestor (713 words)

	SR.com: Remains of ancient ape found in Spain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		This is an undated artist's reconstruction of Pierolapithecus catalaunicus, an ancient ape that may have been the last common ancestor of modern great apes.
		Spanish researchers say they have found the remains of an extinct species of great ape that may have been the last ancestor humans shared with gorillas, chimpanzees and orangutans.
		Pierolapithecus catalaunicus ate mostly fruit, climbed trees in an upright posture and, at 77 pounds, was a little smaller than a chimpanzee.
	www.spokesmanreview.com /tools/story_pf.asp?ID=38660 (323 words)

	Iran Daily
		They have assigned it to an entirely new family and species: Pierolapithecus catalaunicus.
		Great apes are thought - on the basis of genetic and other evidence--to have separated from another primate group known as the lesser apes some time between 11 and 16 million years ago (The lesser apes include gibbons and siamang).
		"Pierolapithecus probably is, or is very close to, the last common ancestor of great apes and humans," said Professor Moy-Sol.
	www.iran-daily.com /1383/2143/html/science.htm (767 words)

	BioEd Online: Ancient ape gives clue to family origins
		The species has been christened Pierolapithecus catalaunicus, in reference to the Catalan village of Els Hostalets de Pierola, where the fossil was found.
		The scarcity of the fossil record makes it difficult to say whether P. catalaunicus is actually the most recent common ancestor of all great apes living today, Moyá-Solá says.
		catalaunicus also has a very flat face, Moyá-Solá's team reports, with nostrils that are in almost the same plane as its eye sockets.
	www.bioedonline.org /news/news-print.cfm?art=1378 (641 words)

	The Chimpanzee Collaboratory
		The new ape species and its possible place in prehuman evolution are described in today's issue of the journal Science by a research team led by Dr. Salvador Moyà-Solà of the Miquel Crusafont Institute of Paleontology in Barcelona.
		The fossil remains were found near Barcelona and named Pierolapithecus catalaunicus.
		The Pierolapithecus rib cage, or thorax, is wider and flatter than a monkey rib cage and similar to that of modern great apes, Dr. Moyà-Solà said.
	www.chimpcollaboratory.org /news/fossil.asp (665 words)

	The Superhero Hype! Boards - the missing link?
		The skull and partial skeleton of Pierolapithecus catalaunicus were discovered in rock sediment at a construction site near Barcelona.
		Like all living great apes, Pierolapithecus catalaunicus has a stiff lower spine, a short body and strong wrists.
		"It is interesting that Pierolapithecus catalaunicus has some of the features associated with apes but not all of them," says Brook Hanson, deputy editor of physical science at Science, where the discovery is published.
	www.superherohype.com /forums/printthread.php?t=148803 (1050 words)

	Ancient Worlds News - New ape ancestor prompts ooh, ooh oohs - 19/11/2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The creature, named Pierolapithecus catalaunicus, had a stiff lower spine and flexible wrists that would have made it a tree-climbing specialist, the researchers wrote in today's issue of the journal Science.
		The great apes (orangutans, chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas and humans) are believed to have branched off from the lesser apes such as gibbons and siamangs about 11 million to 16 million years ago.
		catalaunicus, or its close relative, may have been the last common ancestor of all living great apes, or close to that ancestor," said Dr Brooks Hanson, deputy editor for physical sciences at Science.
	www.abc.net.au /science/news/ancient/AncientRepublish_1247021.htm (570 words)

	New Great Ape Ancestor?
		Like other great apes, Pierolapithecus catalaunicus had a stiff lower spine and other special adaptations for climbing.
		"Pierolapithecus" refers to the village of Els Hostalets de Pierola, near the fossil site, and "catalaunicus" is for Catalonia.
		The research is to appear in the Nov. 19 issue of the research journal Science.
	www.world-science.net /othernews/othernews-nfrm/041118_apeancestor.htm (271 words)

	Colorado Plateau Field Institute - Current Events
		Salvador Moya-Sola of the Miguel Crusafont Institute of Paleontology and the Diputacisn de Barcelona in Barcelona, Spain, and his colleagues describe the species, which they have named Pierolapithecus catalaunicus, in the November 19 issue of the journal Science.
		The searchers say it could be that Pierolapithecus catalaunicus is not itself the last common ancestor of the great apes, but rather a close relative of that animal.
		Study of the fossilized bones suggest Pierolapithecus catalaunicus was a tree climber, with a stiff lower spine, and a specially adapted rib cage and wrist bones.
	www.cpfieldinstitute.org /k12_event_show.php?event_id=130 (495 words)

	AAAS - AAAS News Release
		BARCELONA, Spain—A new ape species from Spain called Pierolapithecus catalaunicus, or its close relative, may have been the last common ancestor to all living great apes, including humans, researchers said Thursday at a press briefing in Barcelona.
		These features, plus the fossil's age of about 13 million years, suggest that this species was probably close to the last great ape ancestor, according to Salvador Moyà-Solà of the Miguel Crusafont Institute of Paleontology and the Diputación de Barcelona in Spain.
		The study was supported by the Diputació de Barcelona, Departaments d'Universitats i Recerca i de Cultura de la Generalitat de Catalunya, CESPA GR, Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia, Fundació La Caixa, Fundación Conjunto Paleontológico de Teruel, and the Researching Hominid Origins Initiative.
	www.aaas.org /news/releases/2004/1118ape.shtml (1133 words)

	A well preserved fossil of last great ape found
		Paleontologiosts from the Miguel Crusafont Institute of Paleontology and the Diputacisn de Barcelona in Barcelona, Spain have found a fossil of a new ape species called Pierolapithecus catalaunicus, or its close relative that might have been the last common ancestor to all living great apes, including humans.
		The team led by Salvador Moy`-Sol` said that Pierolapithecus had a stiff lower spine and other special adaptations for climbing, which along with the fossil’s age of about 13 million years, suggest that this species was probably close to the last great ape ancestor.
		Pierolapithecus’ shoulder blades lie along its back, as do those of modern great apes and humans.
	www.24x7updates.com /FullStory-News-A_well_preserved_fossil_of_last_great_ape_found-ID-21797.html (1290 words)

	Not all great apes were swingers - 18 November 2004 - New Scientist
		Pierolapithecus catalaunicus lived during the Middle Miocene period, alongside a wide variety of now extinct mammal species (Image: Meike Kohler)
		The fossil of an ancient species of ape, thought to be an ancestor of all living great apes, including humans, has been discovered at a construction site in western Spain.
		In particular, the structure of the ape’s hand indicates that the ability to climb vertically and to swing through trees evolved separately in apes and not simultaneously, as had previously been thought.
	www.newscientist.com /article.ns?id=dn6691 (518 words)

	Ancient Ape DiscoveredLast Ape-Human Ancestor? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In Pierolapithecus, humans, and modern great apes, the lumbar section of the lower spine is relatively short and stiff.
		Pierolapithecus also had some more primitive, monkeylike features, such as a sloped face and short fingers and toes.
		Pierolapithecus catalaunicus, shown in the illustration above, may have been the last common ancestor of great apes and humans.
	news.nationalgeographic.com /news/2004/11/1118_041118_great_ape_ancestor_2.html (756 words)

	Pierolapithecus catalaunicus : the last common ancestor of the living great apes?
		Pierolapithecus catalaunicus : the last common ancestor of the living great apes?
		In a conference call from Barcelona on Wednesday, another member of the research team, Dr. Meike Köhler of the Barcelona institute, said the Pierolapithecus probably ate fruit, judging by its teeth, and had a flat face and wide nose somewhat like a chimpanzee's.
		The age of the fossil species, between 12.5 million and 13 million years, "coincides quite well with ages for the common ancestor proposed by geneticists," Dr. Köhler said.
	www.primates.com /pierolapithecus/index.html (666 words)

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