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Top panel: a schematic map of the Greater Antilles showing the relative location of fossil sites Cueva Padre Nuestro, where the newly-discovered fossil specimen (labeled a) of the Hispaniola monkey (Antillothrix bernensis) was found, and Samana Bay. Lower panel: fossil tibiae of the species from the Dominican Republic; the views are (left to right) anterior, lateral, and posterior aspects. Image credit: Alfred L. Rosenberger et al.

Paleontologists Find 1.3-Million-Year-Old Fossil of Hispaniola Monkey

Sep 7, 2015 by News Staff

A multinational group of paleontologists has dated a species of fossil monkey, the Hispaniola monkey (Antillothrix bernensis), to over one million years...