Posts Tagged ‘modern primates’

Fingernails are 55 million years old


U. FLORIDA (US) — Nails on fingers and toes first appeared at the same time as a 200,000-year global warming event 55 million years ago, giving modern primates better agility and the ability to grasp. Continue…

Wednesday, August 24, 2011 9:41 - 0 Comments


Research news from leading universities

Daily E-News


Follow Futurity

RSS feedsFacebookTwitter

Week's Most Discussed

  • Loading...

Media Partners

Alltop logo EarthSky logo Pulse logo Flipboard logo The Conversation logo

Browse By School