According to an international team of scientists, the ancient monkey, known as Victoriapithecus, had tiny but remarkably wrinkled brain. Brain of Victoriapithecus macinessi visualized for the first time using high-resolution X-ray imaging. Scale bar – 1 cm. Image credit: Lauren A. Gonzales et al. Victoriapithecus first made headlines in 1997 when its fossilized skull was discovered on Maboko Island in Lake Victoria, Kenya, where it lived approximately...
