ANCESTOR OF THE APES ~ The Masripithecus Discovery ~ with DR ERIK SEIFFERT
PROFESSOR ERIK SEIFFERT is an evolutionary biologist and palaeontologist at the University of Southern California, known for his research on mammalian evolution, particularly the early history of primates. His research looks at how early mammals in Africa and Arabia evolved, adapted, and spread over 23 million years ago. Just recently, March 2026, he and his team announced the discovery of fossils in Egypt belonging to an ancient primate the team has named Masripithecus moghraensis – which may be the closest ancestor of all apes … including humans. #evolution #science #apes 0:00 START 05:50 Erik's background 15:18 Erik's research 28:20 The Masripithecus discovery 36:24 Fossil analysis (Bayesian tip-dating) 50:57 Working with Hesham Sallam 57:47 Upcoming projects 1:00:36 Special Thanks To 1:00:45 Our artists LINKS FOR ERIK SEIFFERT BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/erikseiffert... Twitter/X: https://x.com/ErikSeiffert Keck School of Medicine: https://keck.usc.edu/ FOOTAGE USC Drone Tour (Los Angeles, California) via Daniel Brook ARTWORK Mauricio Antón LINKS SITE: https://www.mauricioanton.com/ BLOG: https://mauricioanton.wordpress.com/ FACEBOOK: / mauricio.anton.3 X/Twitter: https://x.com/MAntonPaleoart Interviews powered by https://streamyard.com/ #evolutionsoup #evolution #paleo #paleontology #paleoartist #Homosapiens #hominid #artwork #Darwin #cave #bone #fossils #Neanderthal #australopithecus #hominin #extinct #animals #science #anthropology #paleoanthropology #genus #species #africa #skull #skulls #naturalselection #lucy #paleontology --------------- SUBSCRIBE to Evolution Soup: http://bit.ly/2pUOYSb FOLLOW Evolution Soup Instagram & Twitter! @evolution_soup BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/evolutionsou... Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@evolution_soup SUBSCRIBE to the Podcast! http://evolutionsoup.buzzsprout.com [RSS feed: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/354743.rss] MERCH Shop at Redbubble store! https://www.redbubble.com/people/evol... Fourthwall Store: https://bit.ly/3B2XqUZ In association with Talk Beliefs YouTube Channel: http://bit.ly/2lA6YOv DISCLAIMER: Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. Creative Commons.

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