Scientists found ancient teeth smaller than a fingertip; they are rewriting early primate history
North AmericaScienceModerate confidence — 73/100
pc: Discover Magazine (Image Credit: Dr Stephen Chester)A tiny tooth can disappear between your fingertips without much effort.
Yet some of the earliest clues to our own evolutionary story come from fossils no larger than that.
In collections of ancient mammal remains from western North America, palaeontologists have spent decades piecing together fragments of a creature called Purgatorius.
Unverified
pc: Discover Magazine (Image Credit: Dr Stephen Chester)A tiny tooth can disappear between your fingertips without much effort.
Yet some of the earliest clues to our own evolutionary story come from fossils no larger than that.
In collections of ancient mammal remains from western North America, palaeontologists have spent decades piecing together fragments of a creature called Purgatorius.