Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Ancient primate is called a crucial evolutionary link

The 55-million-year-old fossil of Archicebus achilles suggests primates first arose in Asia, according to a report in Nature.



A 55-million-year-old fossil of a mouse-sized primate has been identified as a crucial evolutionary link in the chain that led to apes and humans.



via L.A. Times - Science http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/science/~3/0_A8KlJ1tPU/la-sci-early-primate-fossil-20130606,0,5641949.story

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