Scientists working in China discovered 45-million-year-old bones from the foot of an extinct primate which fills in a missing branch of the evolutionary tree. Dan Gebo, paleontologist with the Northern Illinois University in the us said that the three-dwelling, mouse-sized animal called Eosimias could solve the hotly debated issue of the origins of higher primate, namely monkeys, apes and humans.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/missing-link-0
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/down-earth
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/monkey
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/research
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/fossils
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/china
