Purgatorius makes a comeback in Colorado This early 2026 discovery deserves your undivided attention. Led by Dr. Stephen ...

New minuscule fossils of Purgatorius, the earliest-known relative of all primates—including humans—have been unearthed in a more southern region of North America than ever before, and the breakthrough ...

Tiny fossil teeth discovered in Colorado reveal new clues about Purgatorius, the earliest known primate relative, reshaping ...

A sediment-washing “bubbler” helped researchers recover 65.5-million-year-old teeth that illuminate how early primate relatives spread after the mass extinction. A paleoartist's depiction of ...

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A tiny tooth can disappear between your fingertips without much effort. Yet some of the earliest clues to our own ...

Analysis of Purgatorius ankle bone first ever primate lived in trees Patrick Lynch/Yale University The first human ancestors were squirrel-like creatures that lived in trees, analysis of their ankle ...

Earth’s earliest primates have taken a step up in the world, now that researchers have gotten a good look at their ankles. A new study has found that Purgatorius, a small mammal that lived on a diet ...