African Origin Of Anthropoid Primates Called Into Question With New Fossil Discovery

Tuesday, September 15, 2009 - 10:35 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Well-preserved craniodental fossil remains from two primate species have been discovered during excavations at an Algerian site. They reveal that the small primate Algeripithecus, which is 50 million years old and until now was considered as the most ancient African anthropoid, in fact belonged to another group, that of the crown strepsirhines.

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