New clues reveal the origins of "Little Cat Man," North America s last primate before humans. This one-foot-tall, five-pound creature should’ve never been here.
A mysterious primate appeared in North America 30 million years ago, long after the continent's native primates had died out, and even longer before the next big influx of primates – humans – would arrive.
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Today, the only primates that make North America their home are humans. But 30 million years ago, a tiny, scrappy primate represented the last bastion of non-Homo sapiens primates on this continent and researchers are finally able to piece together its story of survival.
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