👉 The term "oreopithecus" is a term used in paleontology to refer to the type of early hominid that lived about 2.5 million years ago, which was around 3.4 million years after the last common ancestor of modern humans and chimpanzees. The name "oreopithecus" comes from the Greek word "oropo," meaning "ear," and "pits," which are holes or depressions in the ground. This term is
