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6.4 Million-Year-Old Fossils Discovered in China Are Oldest Monkey Fossils Outside of Africa – SciTechDaily
Three fossils found in a lignite mine in southeastern Yunan Province, China, are about 6.4 million years old, indicate monkeys existed in Asia at the same time …
Reconstruction of M. pentelicus from Shuitangba by Mauricio Antón. Credit: Mauricio Antón
Three fossils found in a lignite mine in southeastern Yunan Province, China, are about 6.4 million years old, indicate monkeys existed in Asia at the same time as apes, and are probably the ancestors of some of the modern monkeys in the area, according to an international team of researchers.
“This is significant because they are some of the very oldest fossils of monkeys outside of Africa,” said Nina G. …
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