"Oreopithecus " was one of a large number of European immigrants that settled this area in the Vallesian-Turolian transition and one of few hominoids, together with " Sivapithecus " in Asia, to survive the so-called Baccinello Basin, making it one of the best-represented fossil apes.
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However, the Yeti is generally described as bipedal, and most scientists believe " Gigantopithecus " to have been quadrupedal, and so massive that, unless it evolved specifically as a bipedal ape ( like " Oreopithecus " and the hominids ), walking upright would have been even more difficult for the now extinct primate than it is for its extant quadrupedal relative, the orangutan.
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Among them, described the new genus and species " Nyanzapithecus pickfordi ", characterized by several dental specializations, and also transferred the " Rangwapithecus " species " R . vancouveringi " to the genus renaming it " N . vancouveringorum " . " Nyanzapithecus " was considered closely related to " Rangwapithecus " and " Mabokopithecus " based on dental similarities, and an early relative of " Oreopithecus bambolii " . " Nyanzapithecus " was originally included in " Oreopithecidae " before being transferred to " Proconsulidae " . described a new species, " N . harrisoni ", from Nachola, Kenya.
