New specimens (face and mandible) recovered from late Miocene deposits of Macedonia
(northern Greece) are described. They have been found in the localities of Xirochori and
Ravin de la Pluie and are identified as Ouranopithecus macedoniensis (Hominidae,
Hominoidea). These specimens have some derived characters they share with the Plio-
Pleistocene Homininae and O. macedoniensis is considered as the sister group of the latter.
Some characters could be possibly shared with Kenyapithecus and would indicate that the …