Archeology
The discovery of monkey fossils in North America 21 million years ago
Scientists at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI), based in Panama, have discovered monkeys' fossils that lived in North America 21 million years ago.
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Archeology
Very rare fossils of gibbons
Archaeologists say they have unearthed a skull about an 6 million year old immature ape in China's Yunnan Province.
Archeology
Monkey skull fossil 6 million years old in China
Xinhua reported that the 6 million-year-old fossil skull of an adult ape was discovered at a brick factory in Yunnan province, southwestern China.
Archeology
Discover the earliest ancestors of humankind
Scientists have found the world's oldest surviving primitive skeleton, considered the first ancestor, containing missing links in human evolution.
Archeology
New shocking disclosure of human ancestors
The new theory of evolution is highly controversial, including the hypothesis that human ancestors were aquatic primates that had more authentic evidence.
Archeology
Add two new species of 'gibbon and monkey' to the evolutionary tree
Scientists have unearthed fossil samples of gibbons and ancient world monkeys (Old World Monkeys) in the riverbed in Tanzania.
Archeology
Recreate the most ancient primates of Earth
Scientists have revealed the life of the world's oldest primates, living 66 million years ago.
Archeology
Humans are originally from Asia?
Newly excavated fossils in Myanmar show that the ancestors of humans, the apes and the first origin from Asia then migrated to Africa. According to archaeologists, the n…
Archeology
The oldest nail in the world
According to the American Journal of Athropology, the world's oldest nail, 55.8 million years ago, belongs to a species of extinct primitive named Teihardina brandti.
Archeology
Detecting the last ancestral fossils of humans and monkeys
Archaeologists have discovered a fossil skeleton of an ancient primates that is believed to be the last common ancestor of humans and monkeys.
Archeology
Rare discovery of prehistoric human bones
A prehistoric human skeleton that scientists have discovered in South Africa can help us fill in the missing information in the gap in the evolutionary story of mankind.
Archeology
The first resident of the Caribbean
A cave of prehistoric water in the Dominican Republic became
Archeology
New fossils show primates that have ancestors in Asia
A newly discovered fossil primate in Myanmar revealed that the common ancestor of humans, apes and gibbons may have evolved from Asian primates, not African ones, as man…
Archeology
The extinct lemur was discovered in Madagascar
The third species of the Palaeopropithecus extinct group of lemurs has just been discovered by the Franco-Madagascan team in northwest Madagascar.
Archeology
Detecting common ancestor fossils of humans and modern primates
Scientists have recently discovered ancestral fossils of humans with a lifespan of 47 million years. Unearthed at Messel Pit, Germany, this fossil named Darwinius masill…