A paleoartist's depiction of Purgatorius. Researchers recently found teeth of this ancient primate in Colorado, the furthest south evidence of this creature has been discovered so far. Andrey Atuchin ...

A fossil that would fit on a baby’s fingertip has revealed fresh clues about the evolution of the earliest-known relative of all primates, including humans. Remains of the now extinct shrew-sized ...

The evolutionary journey from primitive plesiadapiforms to early primates during the Paleocene and Eocene epochs represents a critical chapter in mammalian history. Fossil records from these periods ...

1. Introduction / Tracy L. Kivell, Pierre Lemelin, Brian G. Richmond, and Daniel Schmitt -- 2. On primitiveness, prehensility, and opposability of the primate hand : the contributions of Frederic Wood ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A paleoartist's depiction of Purgatorius. Researchers recently found teeth of this ancient primate in Colorado, the furthest south ...