.Ramapithecus is known from India and East Africa in
Late Miocene or Early Pliocene time (about 14 m.
years ago)
.
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>They were hominins, early relatives of humans in the evolutionary tree.
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– Fossils show they had small brains and large jaw bones like apes.
– Their teeth and skulls suggest they primarily ate fruit and other soft plant foods.
– Ramapithecus walked upright on two feet like early humans.