Ouais, enfin, la conclusion de l’article est quand même moins… conclusive :
Therefore, we submit that the dental root attributes of Graecopithecus suggest hominin affinities, such that its hominin status cannot be excluded. If this status is confirmed by additional fossil evidence, Graecopithecus would be the oldest known hominin and the oldest known crown hominine, as the evidence for the gorillin status of Chororapithecus is much weaker than the hominin status of Graecopithecus. More fossils are needed but at this point it seems likely that the Eastern Mediterranean needs to be considered as just as likely a place of hominine diversification and hominin origins as tropical Africa.
Si c’est confirmé (UN exemplaire d’un bout de mandibule), on pourrait considérer la Méditerranée orientale comme une alternative possible à l’Afrique pour la diversification des homininés.