Fossil apes

Japanese: 化石類人猿 - かせきるいじんえん(英語表記)fossil apes
Fossil apes
A general term for apes that lived in geological times and remain as fossils. Taxonomically, fossil apes are classified as part of the Pongidae family of apes, along with the extant great apes gorillas, chimpanzees, and orangutans, and are grouped together with the Gibbons and Hominidae families in the superfamily Hominoidea. Based on fossils known to date, it appears that the gibbon lineage of Pliopithecinae and the ape lineage had already diverged around the Middle Oligocene (about 30 million years ago).

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
地質時代に生息し,化石として残されている類人猿の総称。化石類人猿は,分類学的には現存の大型類人猿であるゴリラ,チンパンジー,オランウータンとともに類人猿科Pongidaeに含まれており,テナガザル科やヒト科といっしょにヒト上科としてまとめられている。現在までに知られている化石から判断して,漸新世の中期ごろ(約3000万年前)にはすでに,テナガザル系統のプリオピテクス類Pliopithecinaeと類人猿系統は分岐していたらしい。

出典 株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について 情報

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