After death, most primate bodies are eventually dismantled and devoured by predators, scavengers, and microbes. If not, then their remains undergo chemical decomposition and, ultimately ...

After death, most primate bodies are eventually dismantled and devoured by predators, scavengers, and microbes. If not, then their remains undergo chemical decomposition and, ultimately ...

Mixodectes pungens, a species of small mammal that inhabited western North America in the early Paleocene, was a mystery. What little was known about them had been mostly gleaned from analyzing ...

The skeleton was collected in New Mexico’s San Juan Basin by co-author Thomas Williamson ... mass and an increased reliance on leaves allowed Mixodectes to thrive in the same trees likely shared with ...

The skeleton was collected in New Mexico's San ... Mixodectes to thrive in the same trees likely shared with other early primate relatives." Mixodectes was quite large for a tree-dwelling mammal ...

In this module the students are introduced to the human skeleton, both adult and immature, and comparative primate skeletons. They are provided with in depth information on how to recognise individual ...

Skeleton shows Mixodectes pungens lived in trees and primarily ate leaves during the Paleocene epoch, highlighting its unique ...