New UF study reveals oldest primate lived in trees – Research News https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/new-uf-study-reveals-oldest-primate-lived-in-trees/
Say “primate” and most people wouldn’t think of a tree-dwelling, squirrel-like creature that weighs no more than a deck of playing cards, but a new study suggests that may perfectly describe humans’ earliest primate ancestors. Found in the same area of Montana that yielded the massive Tyranno
the tree shrew-like animal ate insects and plants, but researchers knew little else