Dryopithecus is a genus of extinct great apes from the middle – late Miocene boundary of Europe 12.5 to 11.1 million years ago (mya).

Dryopithecus is found as fossils in Miocene and Pliocene deposits (23 to 2.6 million years old) and apparently originated in Africa. Several distinct forms of Dryopithecus are known, including …

Dryopithecus is a prehistoric ape which lived approximately 15 to 10 million years ago during the Middle Miocene Period. It was first discovered in 1856 in Saint-Gaudens, Haute-Garonne, …

Jul 21, 2025 · Dryopithecus is an extinct genus of ape that inhabited Europe during the Miocene Epoch, approximately 12.5 to 11.1 million years ago. The name Dryopithecus translates from …

Dryopithecus is a genus of extinct great apes that lived between 12.5 and 11.1 million years ago in Europe's middle-late Miocene boundary (mya). European great apes likely went extinct …

Oct 26, 2019 · Here is an in-depth profile of Dryopithecus, including this prehistoric primate's characteristics, behavior, and habitat.

Dryopithecus had a semi-upright posture and is generally believed to be ancestral to modern apes and man. It is believed to have evolved in the Rift Valley in East Africa.

Dryopithecus is a middle and upper Miocene European homi noid first described from the French locality of St Gaudens in 1856 (ref. 4).

Dryopithecus is one of 40 genera representing up to 100 species of extinct apes that lived during the Miocene (22.5 to 5.5 million years ago). The fossils of Dryopithecus have been found in …

Dryopithecus is a genus of extinct great apes from the middle – late Miocene boundary of Europe 12.5 to 11.1 million years ago (mya).