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A white-headed capuchin (Cebus capucinus) in Costa Rica. Image credit: Geoff Gallice / CC BY 2.0.

Panamacebus transitus: First North American Monkey Fossils Unearthed in Panama

Apr 21, 2016 by Enrico de Lazaro

Seven fossil teeth recovered from the Miocene layers of the Las Cascadas Formation in the Panama Canal Basin are the first evidence of a monkey on the...