Fossil hunters working in Egypt have unearthed jaw fragments and teeth belonging to the oldest known members of one of the main evolutionary branches of primates.
TANGLED TREE. Primate evolutionary diagram shows the two main living groups, strepsirrhines and haplorhines, with known fossil forms of strepsirrhines. Traditional model of primate evolution (dark lines) contrasts with DNA-based version (shaded lines).
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