6.4 Million-Year-Old Fossils Discovered in China Are Oldest Monkey Fossils Outside of Africa
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…
bubmagOctober 11, 2020