Aegyptopithecus, which means `Egyptian Monkey`, from Greek Αίγυπτος (Egypt) and πίθηκος (ape or monkey), is an early fossil anthropoid that predates the divergence between hominoids (apes and humans) and cercopithecids (Old World monkeys). It is known from a single species, Aegyptopithecus zeuxis, which lived some 35-33 million ye.....
(from the article `ape`) ...only from fragmentary remains. The earliest-known hominoids are from Egypt and date from about 36.6 million years ago. Fossil genera include ...
[n] - extinct primate of about 38 million years ago
noun extinct primate of about 38 million years ago; fossils found in Egypt
a genus of extinct anthropoid ape of the Oligocene Period known from remains found in Egypt.