Explanation: Fossilised specimen found in H.P belonging the primate Krishnapithecus ,an independent family within the extinct primates Pliopithecines were discovered 100km northwest of Shimla in 1980. In April 2017, scientists discovered two infant lower molar teeth belonging to Krishnapithecus, a nine-million-year-old ape-like creature, in Haritalyangar, Himachal Pradesh, India. The teeth were found during an excavation in the Shiwalik hills region, about 120 kilometers northwest of Shimla. The teeth are un-erupted and still forming in the lower jaw, with fully formed crowns but no root formation. One specimen is a partial right first molar and the other is a complete left second molar.
Anek R Sankhyan, head of Palaeo Research Society says that this discovery would shed light on evolution of Krishnapithecus,its habits and world it lived in.Since 2010, Dr Sankhyan has made a number of discoveries in Bam-Hatwar area in the Seer khad.He has found more than 300 implements of different sizes and shapes belonging to Bermulean stone age.