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Mystery extinct ape found in ancient Chinese tomb

22 June 2018

Professor Helen Chatterjee (UCL Genetics, Evolution & Environment) worked with colleagues at UCL and ZSL to characterise bones discovered in an ancient tomb in China, revealing an entirely new but already extinct genus of gibbon and the magnitude of human-caused extinction of primates. Read: BBC News, More: Washington Post, TIMENational Geographic, Daily MailTimes, Independent, Science, New Scientist, The Atlantic, Mashable, Gizmodo, New York Times, Metro, TelegraphEconomist (£)UCL News