Fossil specimens of the Southern Ape skull from the Oxford Museum of Natural History
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The Southern Ape, some researchers refer to it as the Homo genus, lived on the newly formed African grasslands 1.5 million years ago. The skull characteristics of these species are related to their diet primarily based on hard fruits, bark, and some roots. We can notice that it has a thick and prominent zygomatic arch, with a very large muscle passing through it, ending at the sagittal crest located in the upper part of the skull. Its dentition is very strong and can be seen in very wide and pointed molars.
