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Holdings: 35mm slide: 11309
Date of Photo: 1965
World Region: Old World
Description: Ramapithecus: The easliest manlike primate found so far, Ramapithecus is now thought by some experts to be the oldest of man's ancestors in a direct line. This hominid status is predicated upon a few teeth, some fragments of jaw and a palate unmistakably human in shape.
Image Categories: Fossil hominids/ Physical Anthropology: Other; Text/Graphic/Model: Reconstruction
Source Type Detail: Book Citation: "Early Man," by F. Clark Howell and the Editors of LIFE; p. 42. New York: Time Inc., 1965.

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Full citation: "Ramapithecus: The easliest manlike primate found so far, Ramapithecus is now thought by some experts to be the oldest of man's ancestors in a direct line. This hominid status is predicated upon a few teeth, some fragments of jaw and a palate unmistakably human in shape.". In the digital collection UM Museum of Anthropological Archaeology. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/anthro1ic/x-17252/17252. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. May 02, 2024.