Archicebus Evolutionary Tree (IMAGE)

American Museum of Natural History

Archicebus Evolutionary Tree

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A newly discovered primate fossil is crucial for illuminating a pivotal event in primate and human evolution--the divergence between the lineage leading to modern monkeys, apes, and humans (collectively known as anthropoids) and the branch leading to living tarsiers--small, nocturnal tree-dwelling primates. The relationships between these groups are shown in this diagram.

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M.A. Klingler/Carnegie Museum of Natural History

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