Posted on Nov 7, 2023
Rare primate found in Nebraska is a clue about the future
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Fossils previously found in Nebraska have been connected to fossils from China, revealing how one species of primate existed millions of years after its relatives became extinct in the region and establishing a blueprint for how species bridge a changing climate.
Paleontologists from the University of Kansas and the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Beijing, published their findings about how Ekgmowechashala came to North America millions of years after similar primate species vanished from the Earth.
Ekgmowechashala is a species found to have bridged the gap between North American primates that vanished during a massive cooling event 34 million years ago and the arrival of the Clovis people, which are one of the oldest known cultures in North America.
Paleontologists from the University of Kansas and the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Beijing, published their findings about how Ekgmowechashala came to North America millions of years after similar primate species vanished from the Earth.
Ekgmowechashala is a species found to have bridged the gap between North American primates that vanished during a massive cooling event 34 million years ago and the arrival of the Clovis people, which are one of the oldest known cultures in North America.
Rare primate found in Nebraska is a clue about the future
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."Ekgmowechashala is a species found to have bridged the gap between North American primates that vanished during a massive cooling event 34 million years ago and the arrival of the Clovis people, which are one of the oldest known cultures in North America.
The findings were published in the Journal of Human Evolution on Monday. The results provided scientists with clues about how a species can prevail when its environment is disrupted by a changing climate—a challenge that humans are faced with today.
During the project, researchers compared Ekgmowechashala fossils from North America to fossils from Palaeohodites—another primate species—discovered in China, according to a report by the University of Kansas. The Palaeohodites fossils were discovered in the 1990s by study co-author Chris Beard.
The results showed the species to be closely related and revealed that Ekgmowechashala was a primate species, something that had perplexed researchers for years given that the fossils put the species in North America 30 million years ago—4 million years after all other primates vanished from the continent. A changing climate made the region much cooler and drier and therefore inhospitable to the former species."...
..."Ekgmowechashala is a species found to have bridged the gap between North American primates that vanished during a massive cooling event 34 million years ago and the arrival of the Clovis people, which are one of the oldest known cultures in North America.
The findings were published in the Journal of Human Evolution on Monday. The results provided scientists with clues about how a species can prevail when its environment is disrupted by a changing climate—a challenge that humans are faced with today.
During the project, researchers compared Ekgmowechashala fossils from North America to fossils from Palaeohodites—another primate species—discovered in China, according to a report by the University of Kansas. The Palaeohodites fossils were discovered in the 1990s by study co-author Chris Beard.
The results showed the species to be closely related and revealed that Ekgmowechashala was a primate species, something that had perplexed researchers for years given that the fossils put the species in North America 30 million years ago—4 million years after all other primates vanished from the continent. A changing climate made the region much cooler and drier and therefore inhospitable to the former species."...
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