[Right_Wing_Madman]

the researchers analyzed a newly identified ape fossil from the 8.7 million-year-old site of Çorakyerler in central Anatolia.

This is Asia, not Europe. The Romans called this region "Asia."

[nickcarraway]

Good point, Asia Minor.

[sunny bonobo]

This is Asia, not Europe.
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Correct.But if you read the excerpt, it says these apes probably evolved from ancestors in Europe.