Paleontologists find first fossil monkey in North America – but how did it get here?

Tuesday, April 19, 2016 - 14:00 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Seven tiny teeth tell the story of an ancient monkey that made a 100-mile ocean crossing between North and South America into modern-day Panama – the first fossil evidence for the existence of monkeys in North America. The find provides the oldest fossil evidence for the interchange of mammals between South and North America and […]

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