A 62-million- year-old partial skeleton discovered in New Mexico confirms that early primate ancestors preferred to dwell in trees. 99-MILLION- YEAR-OLD BIRD FOUND PRESERVED IN AMBER STUNS SCIENTISTSThe skeleton is the oldest known primate skeleton and consists of 20 different bones, including the cranium, jaws, teeth and portions of upper and lower limbs, according to the museum. The primate was found to have features that favored living in trees, such as flexible joints used for climbing and clinging to branches. SCIENTISTS FIND OLDEST KNOWN SPECIMENS OF THE HUMAN SPECIESResearchers say their findings support the hypothesis that plesiadapiforms were the earliest primates. The new data supports the theory “that all of the geologically oldest primates known from skeletal remains, encompassing several species, were arboreal,” wrote the museum.

Source: Fox News June 13, 2017 17:26 UTC