News Paleontology Lemurs reveal clues to ancient Asian roots By Bruce Bower October 17, 2001 at 11:33 am - More than 2 years ago Share this:Share Share via email (Opens in new window) Email Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Bug-eyed primate cousins of monkeys and apes, lemurs currently live in the wild only on the African island of Madagascar. About 30 million years ago, however, a diminutive lemur species inhabited what is now central Pakistan, a new fossil find suggests. The handful of teeth unearthed in Pakistan’s Bugti Hills represents the oldest known lemur, contends an international team led by paleontologist Laurent Marivaux of Université Montpellier in France.