UM: Fossil

The LA Times writes about the discovery of a 47-million-year-old primate fossil, which researchers are enthused about because it’s the most complete primate specimen ever obtained. The article quotes UM anthropologist B. Holly Smith, who notes that with a CT scan, “we see an amazing host of developing teeth. She was caught at a remarkable time when we can see something of every single tooth she would have in her entire life. . . . It’s very much like what you would see in a human child between ages 6 and 9.” [Source]