Sivapithecus

Sivapithecus (lit. '<a href="/facts/Shiva/SaHL5XBS">Shiva</a>'s Ape') (syn: Ramapithecus) is a <a href="/facts/Genus/m8EFjSms">genus</a> of <a href="/facts/Extinct/24p5NP2q">extinct</a> <a href="/facts/Ape/QdTk4pko">apes</a>. Fossil remains of animals now assigned to this genus, dated from 12.2 million years old in the <a href="/facts/Miocene/cBRRzq4g">Miocene</a>, have been found since the 19th century in the <a href="/facts/Sivalik_Hills/YxAB5ce9">Sivalik Hills</a> of the <a href="/facts/Indian_subcontinent/0XUWGXpx">Indian subcontinent</a> as well as in <a href="/facts/Kutch/Vx4Bh8MA">Kutch</a>. Any one of the species in this genus may have been the ancestor to the modern <a href="/facts/Orangutan/UNSyBlk5">orangutans</a>.
Some early discoveries were given the separate names Ramapithecus (<a href="/facts/Rama/0FUIok3H">Rama</a>'s Ape) and Bramapithecus (<a href="/facts/Brahma/gmJ5YDk0">Brahma</a>'s Ape), and were thought to be possible ancestors of humans.

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Sivapithecus