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First Primates

First Primates

Our most distant primate ancestors, which took the stage shortly after the dinosaurs left it, were tree-dwellers the size of mice.

arrow Meet Your Ancestors

Take a look at your kin over the past 55 million years.

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Evolutionary anthropologist Mary Silcox answers your questions about the world's premiere primates.

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