Talk:Ouranopithecus

Merge
If the two are synonymous then they should be merged, according to Smith et al., 2004. See also: List of human evolution fossils. Jack (talk) 13:08, 1 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Yup. FunkMonk (talk) 13:36, 1 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Agreed. I'll start working this. - UtherSRG (talk) 08:19, 5 March 2012 (UTC)
 * It seems this article should be merged into Graecopithecus, unlike what the tag says. FunkMonk (talk) 09:38, 5 March 2012 (UTC)
 * I was just about to say, there seems to be enough variability on this issue that perhaps we should just leave things as they are for now, and take a survey of the sources to see where the majority opinion is on this. - UtherSRG (talk) 10:56, 5 March 2012 (UTC)

Survey
Here's what I find in the citations in the articles:
 * Andrews & Franzen 1984: I believe they say both species should be considered as G. freybergi. Hard to tell since I can't read the whole book. I'll try again after I check the other sources.
 * Else & Lee 1986: Introduces Ouranopithecus as a new genus, so of course it is distinct from Graecopithecus.
 * Hartwig 2002: G. freybegi is distinct and in its own genus.
 * Cameron 2004: Says genus should be Graecopithecus, but two distinct species.
 * Smith & Martin et al 2004: Treats O. macedoniensis as a synonym for G. freybergi.
 * Koufos & Bonis 2009: G. freybergi is monotypic.
 * Casanovas-Vilar (undated, but cites a 2010 article): O. macedoniensis and G. freybergi are distinct species and in different genera. It also notes that there's at least one and possibly two other species in Ouranopithecus: O. turkae.

Looks like the majority (overwhelmingly) says two genera and two species. - UtherSRG (talk) 12:25, 5 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Uther, for this research summary. Based upon this, I've just removed the merge template. Lady  of  Shalott  03:58, 6 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Yeah, thanks for looking into this. Admittedly I based the merge request on one paper I came across, so thanks for clarifying. Cheers, Jack (talk) 11:55, 6 March 2012 (UTC)

Etymology
Why was it named "sky ape"?--94.68.156.11 (talk) 13:00, 27 October 2015 (UTC)


 * It should be read as "Rain Ape", after the Ravin de la Pluie site.--MWAK (talk) 10:06, 16 February 2021 (UTC)

More closer to humans than to apes?
Humans are apes so what does that even mean? If this article is referring to the last common ancestor between humans and gorillas, that means chimpanzees and bonobos are being referred to as "human" in that context. ChallengingAnthropocentrism (talk) 21:16, 27 January 2024 (UTC)