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Ouranopithecus
''Ouranopithecus'' is an extinct genus of Eurasian great ape represented by two species, ''Ouranopithecus macedoniensis'', a late Miocene (9.6mya-8.7mya) hominoid from Greece and Bulgaria,〔(N. Spassov, D. Geraads, L. Hristova, G.N. Markov, G. Merceron, T. Tzankov, K. Stoyanov, M. Böhme, A. Dimitrova. «A hominid tooth from Bulgaria: The last pre-human hominid of continental Europe» )〕 and ''Ouranopithecus turkae'', also from the late Miocene (8.7mya-7.4mya) of Turkey. Based on ''O. macedoniensiss dental and facial anatomy, it has been suggested that the ''Ouranopithecines'' were actually Dryopithecine. However, ''Ouranopithecines'' are probably more closely related to the Ponginae. Some researchers consider ''O. macedoniensis'' to be the last common ancestor of apes and humans, and a forerunner to australopithecines and man, although this is very controversial and not widely accepted. It is true that ''O. macedoniensis'' shares derived features with some early hominins (such as the ''frontal sinus'', a cavity in the forehead), but they are almost certainly not closely related species. It has been suggested that it may be a synonym of ''Graecopithecus freybergi'', although this is widely disputed in the literature.
== ''Ouranopithecus macedoniensis'' ==
''Ouranopithecus macedoniensis'' is known from three localities in Northern Greece. The type location is Ravin de la Pluie. The other localities are Chalkidiki and Xirochori. It is known from a large collection of cranial fossils and few post cranial. The material has been dated to the late Miocene 9.6 – 8.7 million years old, so slightly earlier than ''O. turkae''.〔 To some this suggests ''O turkae'' is the direct ancestor to ''O. Macedoniensis'' although it is generally accepted that they are sister taxons 〔
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