Question

The last common ancestor for apes and hominids ______.

Options

• is not expected to be found because there was no such common ancestor

• has been found and it has been dated at 30 MYA

• has not been found but it is expected to be from the Pliocene epoch

• has been found and it resembles a gibbon

Answer 1

The last common ancestor for apes and hominids has been found and it has been dated at 30 MYA.

Explanation:

The last common ancestor of apes and hominids lived about 30 million years ago in the Oligocene epoch. Fossils like Aegyptopithecus provide evidence for this ancestor, showing traits shared by both lineages.