Extinction Mystery Solved? Fossil Evidence Suggests Humans Played a Role in Monkey's Demise in Jamaica
Wednesday, August 9, 2017 - 08:32
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Radiocarbon dating of a fossilized leg bone from a Jamaican monkey called Xenothrix mcgregori suggests it may be the one of the most recent primate species anywhere in the world to become extinct, and it may solve a long-standing mystery about the cause of its demise. The short answer: human settlement of its island home.