A large gorilla can weigh nearly 500 pounds, for example, and the extinct great ape Gigantopithecus ... size of a small dog. Scientists have uncovered the fossils of two teeth and a kneecap ...
The HC-LCA would have had an ape-sized brain and body, with relatively long arms and fingers and a grasping foot that allowed it to forage in the trees. The canine teeth were probably large and ...
The new work, detailed in a study published last week in the journal Science, sheds light on prehistoric diets using the nitrogen ratios in fossilized teeth ... still fairly ape-like, small ...