Anthropologists say fossil was not 'missing link'
Tuesday, March 2, 2010 - 13:50
in Paleontology & Archaeology
(PhysOrg.com) -- A fossil that was celebrated last year as a possible "missing link" between humans and early primates is actually a forebearer of modern-day lemurs and lorises, according to two papers by scientists at The University of Texas at Austin, Duke University and the University of Chicago.