Fossils of earliest old-world monkeys unearthed
Wednesday, March 20, 2013 - 17:03
in Paleontology & Archaeology
By Charles ChoiLiveScience Ancient teeth of old-world monkeys, which are most closely related to humans, have now been unearthed, fossils 3 million years older than previous remains found to date, researchers say.The old-world monkeys are native to Africa and Asia today, and include many familiar primates, such as baboons and macaques. Unlike the new-world monkeys of the Americas, tails of old-wor...