louie Posted April 4, 2009 #1 Share Posted April 4, 2009 DEKALB, Ill.—A team of researchers led by Northern Illinois University paleontologist Dan Gebo has discovered the fossils of 45 million-year-old, thumb-length primates. Recovered from the fissure-filled sediments of a limestone quarry in China in 1996, the fossils easily represent the smallest known primates, with one species estimated to have weighed only 10 grams.These distant relatives of monkeys, apes and humans were once the prey of owls, the researchers say. Read more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schizoidwoman Posted April 4, 2009 #2 Share Posted April 4, 2009 Very interesting, thank you for posting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My fine feathered friends Posted April 4, 2009 #3 Share Posted April 4, 2009 Neat article. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarah snow Posted April 4, 2009 #4 Share Posted April 4, 2009 Great read Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt_Ripley Posted April 5, 2009 #5 Share Posted April 5, 2009 how cool would that be ? to have one... come see my pet pocket monkey !! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kissmet Posted April 5, 2009 #6 Share Posted April 5, 2009 how cool would that be ? to have one... come see my pet pocket monkey !! lol LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefinalfrontier Posted April 5, 2009 #7 Share Posted April 5, 2009 how cool would that be ? to have one... come see my pet pocket monkey !! lol Thats a good one Lt. Thanks for the interesting article louie, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hetrodoxly Posted April 5, 2009 #8 Share Posted April 5, 2009 how cool would that be ? to have one... come see my pet pocket monkey !! lol I already have pocket monkey, somehow i don't think you'd be interested in mine. They can tell all that from a fossilised bone from it's foot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MirrorImage Posted April 7, 2009 #9 Share Posted April 7, 2009 I already have pocket monkey, somehow i don't think you'd be interested in mine. They can tell all that from a fossilised bone from it's foot? Lucky guesses and a magic 8 ball? lol I assume they have some set scientific thing they use. Anyway neat post, thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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