Found: New Fossils of Oldest American Primate

Tuesday, November 15, 2011 - 12:30 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Johns Hopkins researchers have identified the first ankle and toe bone fossils from the earliest North American true primate, which they say suggests that our earliest forerunners may have dwelled or moved primarily in trees, like modern day lemurs and similar mammals.

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