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Monkey’s small brain shows surprising folds

Victoriapithecus fossil skull may modify story of primate evolution

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WRINKLES IN TIME  A 3-D computer image shows folds on the reconstructed brain surface, in green, of Victoriapithecus, a 15-million-year-old African monkey.

Max PIanck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Fred Spoor

By Bruce Bower

- More than 2 years ago

Thanks to modern technology, a 15-million-year-old monkey skull has added surprising new wrinkles to primate brain evolution.