Primate Fossil Could Be Key Link in Evolution. Scientists say 47-million-year-old fossil shows early primate. By ABC News. May 16, 2009, 10:01 AM.

Primates in many regions went extinct. Those that survived clustered around the equator or in the tropics, in Africa and Asia. Scientists already had fossils representing the evolution of primates ...

These fossils help illuminate a new story of our evolution: one in which our primate ancestors evolved in Asia, sailed across a narrow sea to Africa, then were pushed to extinction on their home ...

Scientists report a primate fossil from Germany may be an important link in understanding the evolution of human beings as they separated from early primates. It has opposable thumbs and ...

A set of 25 arm, leg, ankle and foot fossils, dating to roughly 54.5 million years ago, raises India’s profile as a possible hotbed of early primate evolution, say evolutionary biologist Rachel ...

The earliest primate fossils unearthed thus far are only 56 million years old, but molecular estimates of the rate of primate evolution predict that there should be some dating back to the Late ...

An ancient primate’s partial skeleton, discovered in northeastern Spain, is poised to downsize ape evolution in a big way. This 11.6-million-year-old fossil find, nicknamed Laia by its ...

Tracking primates back to their origin is a thorny task. Scientists have used fossils as well as genetics to try to find the answer, but agreement between the two methods has been elusive. A new ...

While the recently announced discovery of “Ida,” a remarkably well-preserved early primate fossil, promises insights into the evolution of later primate forms, including humans, the way it has ...

New radioisotopic datings of volcanic fossil sites are helping researchers unravel the evolution of mammals. The University of Oulu, Finland, is co-leading research that is expected to shed light ...

NEW YORK — The nearly complete and remarkably preserved skeleton of a small, 47 million-year-old creature found in Germany was displayed Tuesday by scientists who said it would help illuminate ...