Small Primate Ancestors May Have Had a Leg Up
Friday, May 16, 2008 - 08:28
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Smaller primates expend no more energy climbing than they do walking, Duke University researchers have found. This surprising discovery may explain the evolutionary edge that encouraged the tiny ancestors of modern humans, apes and monkeys to climb into the trees about 65 million years ago and stay there. read more