Mysterious Ape Species in Central Africa

From the rare eyewitness sightings, bone discoveries and a video recording, the animals have large, black faces, are up to 2m tall and weighs between 85-102kg.

That would put them in the size category of gorillas - but the region lies 500km from the edges of the known habitats of the western and eastern species of gorilla.

The creature's face is gorilla-like and has a sagittal crest - a long bony ridge - that is typical of gorillas.

But other aspects of the skull morphology are that of a chimpanzee, according to Colin Groves, an expert at the Australian National University in Canberra.

It's kind of hard to take any article seriously that appears in a paper called The Advertiser. At least they're honest.
Link via Professor Hex Posted by JeremyT at October 7, 2004 02:42 PM