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Graecopithecus seems to be different from any other ancient ape found in Europe

Our common ancestor with chimps may be from Europe, not Africa

22 May 2017

The last common ancestor of chimps and humans was an eastern European, claims team that analysed fossils of a 7-million-year-old ape from Bulgaria and Greece

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Our common ancestor with chimps may be from Europe, not Africa

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