Fossil links humans and monkeys

[Elmore Furth]

Presumably there was a common ancestor to apes, monkeys and humans and now there is paleontological (fossil) evidence that that occurred 29 million years ago.

Researchers have discovered the skull of a 29 million-year-old animal that could be a common ancestor of Old World monkeys and apes, including humans.

The skull of this previously unknown species had some features that are shared by Old World monkeys and apes, including humans, today

The discovery suggests that the divergence of apes and Old World monkeys happened much later than the 30-35 million years ago that genetic studies have suggested.

The new date, of 29 million years ago, fits more closely with what the researchers would have expected and is not surprising from a palaeontological point of view.

Fossil links humans and monkeys

[MineralMan]

1. Yabbut, where's the link between it and the monkey before it?

It just ain't right. I ain't related to no monkey, dammit. :rofl:

Everybody Sing!

Happy Birthday to you.
You live in a zoo.
You look like a monkey.
And you smell like one too.

[MineralMan]

2. Here's what happened, I think:

[Curmudgeoness]

3. I sure ain't related to no monkey!!! Maybe you are, but not me. nt

[mysuzuki2]

4. The general shape of the skull, face and especially

the upper molars look very much like the slightly earlier Aegyptopithecus from the Fayum region of Egypt. I mean, get a load of those hypocones. This fossil, and the earlier propliopithecides like Aegyptopithecus and Propliopithecus look like excellent candidates to be basal cattarhines.