Graecopithecus freybergi

Graecopithecus freybergi is an extinct hominid of southeast Europe, living in the late Miocene around 7.2 million years ago. It was first identified from a single lower jawbone with teeth found in Pyrgos Vasilissis, Athens, Greece, in 1944, and teeth possibly belonging to it were found at Azmaka quarry in Bulgaria in 2012. Scientists nicknamed it El Graeco. In 2017 a team led by Madelaine Bohme argued it could be the oldest hominin, a claim most other scientists dismiss as too weakly supported. It remains among the most poorly known European Miocene apes because the material is scarce and badly preserved.