January 17, 2017
Monkeys smash stone tool theories
Archaeologists have long credited stone flakes found at dig sites to tool-making hominins, but observations of wild capuchin monkeys in Brazil …
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June 1, 2015
Monkeys in the New World earlier than thought
Monkeys originated in Africa, but how and when they first appeared in Central and South America has long been something of a mystery. Now, a new …
January 5, 2012
Paleo Patrol: Primates of the Caribbean
The only monkeys you’ll find on the islands of the Caribbean today were brought there (intentionally or not) by people. But just a few thousand …
January 5, 2012
"Missing link" or major hype?
A squirrel-sized primate that lived 47 million years ago in the rainforests of Europe may be the common ancestor of monkeys, apes and humans, …