Fossil of tiniest ape species found, claim scientists
American scientists have discovered 12.5 million-year-old fossilised teeth of a new ape species claiming that it might be the tiniest ape species found till date. The newly identified extinct species, named Simiolus minutus, weighed only about 3.6 kilograms. The fossilised molar teeth showed that the species was a leaf-eater, one of the scientists said.