Sivapithecus
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Sivapithecus
< New Latin, equivalent to Siva (< Sanskrit śiva Shiva ) + Greek píthēkos ape
Example Sentences
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A bottom-up approach focuses instead on ancient ape fossils that pre-date our last common ancestor, such as those of the genus Nacholapithecus or Sivapithecus.
From Nature ● Nov. 5, 2019
Until recently, he himself had classified many of these fragments as belonging to apelike creatures called Sivapithecus africanus and Proconsul, which lived in Kenya during the Lower Miocene epoch, about 20 million years ago.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the South African teeth, Dr. Gregory also found connections with Peking Man, the orangutan, and Sivapithecus, a manlike fossil ape discovered many years ago in India.
From Time Magazine Archive
The ancestral chimpanzee-gorilla-man stock appears to be represented by the Upper Miocene genera Sivapithecus and Dryopithecus, the former more closely allied to, or directly ancestral to, the Hominidæ, the latter to the chimpanzee and gorilla.
From Man, Past and Present by Alfred Court Haddon
Many of the differences that separate man from anthropoids of the Sivapithecus type are retrogressive changes, following the profound change in food habits above noted.
From Man, Past and Present by Alfred Court Haddon
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