Earliest Primate Placed With Dinosaurs

Quirk writes "National Geographic has a piece suggesting the earliest primates were contemporaries of dinosaurs. The article is an endorsement for the evolutionary dating system using molecular-clock studies. The earliest primates according to the current fossil record suggests a common ancestor about 55 million years ago after the great dinosaur die-off. Relying on biology and mathematics the new study suggests a small, nocturnal creature of the tropical forests was the earliest primate. The research viewed fewer differences in genetic codes as an indicator that the more recently two species parted evolutionary company, and, math equations were used to flesh out the tree and to predict when and for how long species may have lived. So, really, a Rachel Welch lookalike in a skimpy fur bikini may have actually fled a rampaging T-Rex."

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duh

[tps12]

Yes, the earliest primates are commonly known as "cavemen," and it is clear that they lived with, ate, and rode dinosaurs for farmwork and warfare. It is a little known fact that monkeys, apes, and even some mammals are also primates, technically related to both humans and cavemen (also known as "early man"). Dinosaurs were either birds or reptiles, or even occaisionally amphibians, but never primates, unfortunately.

Re:duh

[Peter Trepan]

These "cavemen" were unearthed from the surrounding "Bedrock", an archeological site scientists described as "a place right out of history."

The origin of the species

[realgone]

Tavaré's team suggested that the earliest primates might have been small, nocturnal creatures...

A-ha! Coders!

No

[4of12]

So, really, a Rachel Welch lookalike in a skimpy fur bikini may have actually fled a rampaging T-Rex."

Uh-huh.

I beg to differ.

When I saw Planet of the Apes for the first time and saw Raquel Welch in her fur bikini my first thought was NOT

Recognize Creature = rodent
DNA match = 0.982

rather I thought her DNA was spectacularly different from that of myself and most people I knew, and in very important ways.

Sorry, no.

[juju2112]

So, really, a Rachel Welch lookalike in a skimpy fur bikini may have actually fled a rampaging T-Rex."

Not unless you think Rachel Welch looks a lot like a Tarsier