Piecing Together an Extinct Lemur, Large as a Big Baboon

Monday, July 28, 2008 - 16:35 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Penn State researchers have used computed tomography (CT) technology to virtually glue newly-discovered skull fragments of a rare extinct lemur back into its partial skull, which was discovered over a century ago. Alan Walker, Evan Pugh Professor of Anthropology and Biology at Penn State, and Research Associate in Anthropology Timothy Ryan, led the research.

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