Ancient teeth from Peru hint that now-extinct monkeys crossed the Atlantic from Africa

Sunday, April 12, 2020 - 17:10 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Four fossilized monkey teeth discovered deep in the Peruvian Amazon provide new evidence that more than one group of ancient primates journeyed across the Atlantic Ocean from Africa, according to new USC research just published in the journal Science. The teeth are from a newly discovered species belonging to an extinct family of African primates known […]

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