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April 25, 2021
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Colobine monkey Mesopithecus pentelicus in late Miocene tropical forest in China
Artist's conception of the colobine monkey (Mesopithecus pentelicus) in a late Miocene tropical forest in China.
[Research supported by U.S. National Science Foundation grants BCS 0321893, BCS 1035897, BCS 1227964, BCS 1227927 and BCS 1227838.]
Learn more about this research in the PennState news story Oldest monkey fossils outside of Africa found. (Date of image: 2019; date originally posted to NSF Multimedia Gallery: April 25, 2021)
Credit: Mauricio Anton
Images and other media in the National Science Foundation Multimedia Gallery are available for use in print and electronic material by NSF employees, members of the media, university staff, teachers and the general public. All media in the gallery are intended for personal, educational and nonprofit/non-commercial use only.
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