The article is about a new Catarrhine primate fossil. It was found in Saudi Arabia while the University of Michigan and the Saudi Geological Survey were looking for whale fossils. It suggest that the split between Old World monkeys and humans occurred earlier than thought. According to this find, it is estimated that it happened approximately 29 million years ago as opposed to 25-23 million years ago, as previously thought. This discovery also gives researchers an idea of what Old World monkeys may have looked like.
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This was a really cool article and it blew my mind when it said that we evolved into humans earlier than we thought. It showed some cool discriptive photos and was again very interesting
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