Science news articles about 'primitive primates'

... in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The skull belongs to a group of primitive primates known as Plesiadapiforms, which evolved in the 10 million years between the extinction of ...

... the origin of anthropoid primates (monkeys, apes and humans) from earlier and more primitive primates known as prosimians (lemurs, tarsiers and their extinct relatives). Prior to recent discoveries ...