But the skeleton of the spider monkey buried deep in a pyramid 1,200 kilometers away at Teotihuacan suggests that things started very differently. The Maya, in fact, may have helped build up the ...

The monkey's skeletal remains Nama Sugiyama / University of California Riverside. The skeleton of a spider monkey ritually sacrificed 1,700 years ago offers a window into the complex ...

The oldest well-preserved skeleton of a primate, a 55-million-year-old specimen found in China, has been discovered, researchers report.

The discovery of the oldest fossil skeleton of a primate provides insight into the phase of evolution when the lineage of modern monkeys, apes and humans split away. The fossil represents a new ...

A spider monkey’s remains tell a story of ancient diplomacy in the Americas. Its 1,700-year-old skeleton unearthed at Teotihuacan in Mexico suggests it was likely a gift from the Maya ...

The oldest well-preserved skeleton of a primate, a 55-million-year-old specimen found in China, has been discovered, researchers report.