A genus of extinct primate that may represent an early stage in human evolution, known from fossil evidence.
From Greek 'archaeo-' (ancient) + 'pithecus' (ape). This scientific taxonomic name was created in the late 19th century to classify primitive primate fossils discovered during the early paleontological investigations.
Archaeopithecus is one of those scientific names that helped paleontologists organize the confusing family tree of human evolution—each new discovery with a fancy Greek name tried to fill in the missing links between apes and humans.
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