Fossil Could Redefine Evolutionary Split Between Monkeys and Apes (8 of 8) (VIDEO)

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VIDEO: Pliobates cataloniae, a new primate species at the root of the tree of extant hominoids. Video includes statements from David M. Alba, Head of the Neogene and Quaternary Faunas Research Group (Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont). This material relates to a paper that appeared in the Oct. 30, 2015 issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by D.M. Alba at Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont in Barcelona, Spain, and colleagues was titled, 'Miocene small-bodied ape from Eurasia sheds light on hominoid evolution.'

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