Nakalipithecus nakayamai, sometimes called the Nakali ape, is an extinct great ape from Nakali in Kenya, living about 9.9 to 9.8 million years ago in the Late Miocene. It is known from a right jawbone with three molars and eleven isolated teeth. The jaw is presumed female because the teeth are similar in size to those of female gorillas and orangutans. Compared with other great apes it had short canines, thin enamel and flatter molars. It seems to have lived in sclerophyllous woodland, a habitat of tough-leaved trees and shrubs. It has been proposed as an ancestor of, or at least close to, Chororapithecus.
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from Nakali, Kenya
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is an extinct species of great ape from Nakali, Kenya from about 9.9-9.8 million years ago during the Late Miocene
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from Nakali, Kenya
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Nakalipithecus seems to have inhabited a sclerophyllous woodland environment.
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is an extinct species of great ape from Nakali, Kenya from about 9.9-9.8 million years ago during the Late Miocene
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In addition to the extant species and subspecies, archaeologists, paleontologists, and anthropologists have discovered and classified numerous extinct great ape species as below, based on the taxonomy shown.
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