Ramapithecus

Ramapithecus [Sp].
Miocene-period hominid species dating to between c.15–6 million years ago generally believed to be ancestral to the AUSTRALOPITHECUS of c.5–1.5 million years ago and thus at the head of the sequence of hominid evolution that results in Homo sapiens. Ramapithecus was a small ape-like hominid that spent more time in the trees than on the ground; fossil remains have been found as far apart as Fort Ternan, Kenya, and the Siwalik Hills, India.