Anoiapithecus is an extinct genus of ape thought to be closely related to Dryopithecus. Both genera lived during the Miocene, approximately 12 million years ago. The fossil specimens named by Salvador Moyà-Solà as Anoiapithecus brevirostris are known from deposits from Spain. The name comes from the Anoia River region in Catalonia, where the fossil was found. It has been given the nickname Lluc, (since it is a male individual). This name stems from the fact that Lluc in Latin means "the one iluminati" and this discovery somehow enlighted dark knowledge about our early evolution