'Lost extinction event' uncovered for the first time, claimed more than 60% of Africa's primates -- Science & Technology -- Sott.net

About 34 million years ago, a "lost extinction" in Africa wiped out the majority of primates, rodents and carnivores that preyed on the two groups. Species vanished in a slow-motion wave that spanned millions of years and yet went undetected by...

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