primates

  • Mysterious Origin Of Extinct Jamaican Monkey Solved With DNA Testing

    Mysterious Origin Of Extinct Jamaican Monkey Solved With DNA Testing

    For nearly 100 years, scientists haven’t been able to agree on the evolutionary origins of a strange, now-extinct monkey that lived and thrived in Jamaica for thousands of years. New research suggests its ancestors arrived from South America, and that life on this tropical island caused the species to acquire its odd set of features.