Editing Pierolapithecus (section)

== History ==
The [[splanchnocranium]] was discovered in 2002 and systematic excavations took place during May and June 2003.<ref name="Casanovasvilar-2008">{{Cite journal |last1=Casanovasvilar |first1=I |last2=Alba |first2=D |last3=Moyasola |first3=S |last4=Galindo |first4=J |last5=Cabrera |first5=L |last6=Garces |first6=M |last7=Furio |first7=M |last8=Robles |first8=J |last9=Kohler |first9=M |last10=Angelone |first10=C |date=2008 |title=Biochronological, taphonomical, and paleoenvironmental background of the fossil great ape Pierolapithecus catalaunicus (Primates, Hominidae) |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0047248408000948 |journal=Journal of Human Evolution |language=en |volume=55 |issue=4 |pages=589–603 |doi=10.1016/j.jhevol.2008.05.004|pmid=18691737 |bibcode=2008JHumE..55..589C |url-access=subscription }}</ref> The species was described by a team of Spanish [[paleoanthropologist]]s led by [[Salvador Moyà-Solà]] on the basis of a [[fossil]] skeleton, '''IPS21350''' (nicknamed '''Pau''' ("peace" in Catalan as it was announced alongside Spanish demonstrations against the [[Iraq War]])<ref name="Bezanson-2016">{{Cite book |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781119179313 |title=The International Encyclopedia of Primatology |date=2016-06-14 |publisher=Wiley |isbn=978-0-470-67337-9 |editor-last=Bezanson |editor-first=Michele |edition=1 |language=en |doi=10.1002/9781119179313.wbprim0216 |editor-last2=MacKinnon |editor-first2=Katherine C |editor-last3=Riley |editor-first3=Erin |editor-last4=Campbell |editor-first4=Christina J |editor-last5=Nekaris |editor-first5=K.A.I (Anna) |editor-last6=Estrada |editor-first6=Alejandro |editor-last7=Di Fiore |editor-first7=Anthony F |editor-last8=Ross |editor-first8=Stephen |editor-last9=Jones-Engel |editor-first9=Lisa E}}</ref>), discovered in December 2002. The finding was first reported in the [[Academic journal|journal]] [[Science (journal)|''Science'']] on November 19, 2004. The skeleton is of an adult male individual, composed of 83 bones that make up the splanchnocranium, both [[Maxilla|maxillae]], a complete set of cheek teeth, both canines, a right central incisor, [[Zygomatic bone|zygomatics]], [[Lacrimal bone|lacrimals]], a partial [[Frontal bone|frontal]], [[Carpal bones|carpals]], [[Metacarpal bones|metacarpals]], [[Phalanges|manual phalanges]] from two hands, [[Tarsus (skeleton)|tarsals]], [[Metatarsal bones|metatarsals]], pedal phalanges, right [[Patella|patellar]] distal [[epiphysis]], a left [[Radius (bone)|radius]], some long bone [[Diaphysis|diaphyses]], two pelvic pieces, three vertebrae, two intact ribs, and twelve rib fragments of large size. They named their new genus after the nearby village Els Hostalets de Pierola, and Catalonia respectively.<ref name="MoyaSola2004">{{Cite journal |last1=Moya-Sola |first1=S. |last2=Köhler |first2=M. |last3=Alba |first3=D. M. |last4=Casanovas-Vilar |first4=I. |last5=Galindo |first5=J. |year=2004 |title=''Pierolapithecus catalaunicus'', a New Middle Miocene Great Ape from Spain |url=http://doc.rero.ch/record/14752/files/PAL_E1879.pdf |journal=Science |volume=306 |issue=5700 |pages=1339–1344 |bibcode=2004Sci...306.1339M |doi=10.1126/science.1103094 |pmid=15550663 |s2cid=129576842}}</ref>