For primate evolution, that chapter begins roughly 65 million years ago, continues through to today, and will end at an unknown time in the future. Fossil remains reveal the paleobiology of the ...

The complex unfolding of human evolution over the past 7 million ... and monkeys from both the Old World and New World. Primates first appeared in the fossil record nearly 55 million years ago ...

Dr. Luis Buatois (Ph.D.) traces a series of hexagons with his finger, following the path carved by tiny organisms millions of ...

Studying primate characteristics requires access to their skeletons, which can be costly and cause wear and tear to the ...

That some primates have vertebrae that have joints ... It's also probably the first thing that we see in the fossil record in human evolution. Humans were bipedal before they had big brains ...

“Duke has this deep history of studying primates,” Borths said. “Our goal was to create an exhibit for people who are non-specialists to get to see this history.” The fossils at the museum teach us ...

The few fossils are enough to start piecing together ... underscores Europe’s influential role in Miocene primate evolution, he says. But perhaps only Danuvius held court at the German site ...

The theory, primarily based on fossil evidence, suggests that because ... and has remained the established explanation of early hominin evolution following the genetic split from our primate cousins 6 ...

The Museum's fossil primate collection contains around 1,000 original specimens and casts, representing 96 of the approximately 500 recognised species of fossil primate. Access to the fossil primate ...

Recent research has suggested that twins were actually quite common back during primate evolution ... litter size for extinct species from the fossils alone. So, the researchers also gathered ...