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It was sensational, that the research team of Prof. Dr. Madelaine Böhme from the University of Tübingen found fossils of a great ape in the Hammerschmiede clay pit in Pforzen, a village in Bavaria in southern Germany. The sensation was published in the journal Nature in 2019 named Danuvius guggenmosi. It is an extinct species of a great ape that lived here in southern Germany, in Europe 11,62 million years ago (in the late Miocene era).
At the time of its first publication, there existed 37 bones and teeth in a very impressive state of preservation from 4 individuals (one male, two females and one juvenile). 21 bones and teeth belong to the male individual, which was about 1 m tall and weihged 31 kg. The two females were probably smaller.
The fossils belong to different body regions. Even if no skull could be found, conclusions about locomotion are possible. According to Prof. Dr. Böhme, Danuvius guggenmosi was able to walk upright on trees. Of course, he also climbed trees and swung from tree to tree.
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