A new study found a crew of now-extinct monkeys crossed the Atlantic on a natural raft, from Africa to South America ...

D.C. It’s possible that African monkeys started out with small, Victoriapithecus-like brains featuring large olfactory bulbs and gradually evolved larger brains devoted more to vision than smell.

“Very small animals the size of Ucayalipithecus ... improbable transatlantic journey to get from Africa to South America.” The name of monkeys comes from a combination of Ucayali, the area ...

also known as putty-nosed monkey (Cercopithecus nictitans), a small African primate derived from a line different to that of humans, gorillas and chimpanzees. This discovery challenges current ...