Evolution Diary

Primate fossil ‘not an ancestor’
The exceptionally well-preserved fossil primate known as “Ida” is not a missing link as some have claimed, according to an analysis in the journal Nature. (…)

The beautifully preserved remains of a 47-million-year-old, lemur-like creature have been unveiled in the US. (…)

A retrovirus related to HIV became stably integrated into the genome of several lemurs around 4.2 million years ago, according to research led by Dr. (…)