Tuesday 8 September 2015

The million year old monkey: New evidence confirms the antiquity of fossil primate


Date: September 4, 2015

Source: University of Melbourne

Summary: An international team of scientists have dated a species of fossil monkey found across the Caribbean to just over one million years old. The lead researcher of this study said that the dating of the limestone surrounding the fossils, said the question of the age of primate fossils from this region has puzzled scientists since the days of Darwin and Wallace.

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