Scientists found ancient teeth smaller than a fingertip; they are rewriting early primate history |

pc: Discover Magazine (Image Credit: Dr Stephen Chester) A tiny tooth can disappear between your fingertips without much effort. Yet some of the earliest clues to our own evolutionary story come from fossils no larger than that. In collections of ancient mammal remains from western North America, palaeontologists have spent decades piecing together fragments of…

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Early primates may have evolved in cold North America not tropical forests; study suggests |

For decades, the story of primate origins seemed straightforward. Early primates were thought to have emerged in warm, humid forests before spreading across the world. The idea fitted neatly with what we see today: most living primates are concentrated in tropical regions, from the rainforests of South America to the forests of Africa and Southeast…

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