New evidence from the bony labyrinth and teeth of the Late Miocene ape Oreopithecus based on a partial cranium from Baccinello

Oreopithecus bambolii, from the Tusco-Sardinian archipelago, is the latest-known European Miocene ape and a longstanding evolutionary enigma, owing to its mosaic morphology. Its systematic position has been intensely debated, resulting in a broad spectrum of hypotheses, ranging from a dryopi