Nation IN BRIEF : WASHINGTON, D.C. : Fossil May Be That of New Branch of Apes
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Fossilized jaws from a mouse-sized animal that lived 40 million years ago may represent a new branch on the family tree of higher primates, including humans. A fossil found in China has been identified as a virtually complete jaw of a primate that may have been an early ancestor of modern monkeys, apes and humans, according to scientists at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh, Pa., and the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology & Paleoanthropology in Beijing.
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