Fossil primate shakes up history of tooth-combed primates
Wednesday, December 11, 2013 - 11:31
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Fossils discovered in Tunisia challenge several hypotheses concerning the origin of tooth-combed primates (Malagasy lemurs, Afro-Asian lorises and African galagos). The fossils are of a small primate called Djebelemur, which lived around 50 million years ago.