Odd dental features reveal undocumented primate: Previously unknown species complicates understanding of African evolution
Tuesday, May 11, 2010 - 11:21
in Paleontology & Archaeology
It's in the teeth. An odd mosaic of dental features recently unearthed in northern Egypt reveals a previously undocumented, highly-specialized primate called Nosmips aenigmaticus that lived in Africa nearly 37 million years ago.