Tooth, jaw fossils tell tale of North America’s last nonhuman primates

Oregon discovery points to lemurlike animals crossing a land bridge from Asia

A few teeth and a jaw fragment discovered in Oregon have helped to flesh out lemurlike features of an enigmatic ancient North American primate.

These creatures probably crossed a land bridge from Northeast Asia to North America around 29 million years ago, say paleontologist Joshua Samuels of the National Park Service in Kimberly, Ore.,