Plesiopithecus Teras (video)

Duke University

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Fossilized fragments of primate jaws and teeth from Africa are changing what researchers thought they knew about when lemurs made it to Madagascar. Shown here is Plesiopithecus teras, which lived roughly 34 million years ago in Egypt. Housed in the Duke Division of Fossil Primates.

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3-D microCT scans and animation generated at Duke SMIF

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